Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter This is also kind of hard to believe when the sound seems to come (amazingly enough) from the same location as the DC board-which I believe …

dialo is right. There are two types of whines. The inverter whine depends on the screen brightness setting. If your whine doesn't, it's the CPU whine. The CPU whine starts when the…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter Appologies-I was thinking of the MacBook, rather than the Pro. The MacBook's CPU is socketed. Wrong again... The MacBook & Pro's…

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon dialo is right. There are two types of whines. The inverter whine depends on the screen brightness setting. If your whine doesn't, it's the CPU…

Yeah, I think you're right. I don't recall having heard reports of the inverter whine on a MB sans pro.

Quote: Originally Posted by harrisjamieh Wrong again... The MacBook & Pro's are soldered, whereas the iMac & the Mini processors are socketed. I could have sworn I …

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter I still want someone to explain how a tiny piece of gold plated CPU lead can cause a vibration that a person can hear. The "CPU whine" may …

It's the Power Supply that causes the whine. It all depends on how much power is going through it. I've heard whines and similar sounds on PCs, Desktop Macs and Laptops...all relat…

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon I concur. The CPU whine has to do with the processor entering a certain operation state. I'm pretty certain a vibrating lead isn't the cause. I…

There has been several reports about similar whine in other brands as well...

Quote: Originally Posted by z0ne81 The trick with the kext worked fine on 10.4.6, but I did it with 10.4.7 (you're meant to download the 2.4 version, not the 2.5) and my built i…

Quote: Originally Posted by KraziKid This is from a conversation I had with my friend. him: It's systemic to the model. him: All units whine. him: (some worse than others) him:…

I see something of merit here, though I still don't think it's a lead. I think tt's the whole CPU that's vibrating, albeit in very small increments. Just like switching power sup…

My MBP must be broken, it doesnt seem to make noise.

The thread above me was the best post of the whole thread lol. The more I read up on the MacBook Pro I think I am just going to buy a 15" Powerbook G4 Alum. from Apple Refurb for…

Several reports floating around the internet now say Apple has a new revision of the MBP motherboard that solves the whine. MacFixIt (I think is were I saw it) even has images of l…

So wait the new Intel MBP, etc are only able to use Mac OS 10.4.6 and nothing below? I considered 10.4 being the starting point but damn thats going to be annoying for anyone that …

Quote: Originally Posted by Cross So wait the new Intel MBP, etc are only able to use Mac OS 10.4.6 and nothing below? I considered 10.4 being the starting point but damn thats …

Okay.... I'm actually starting to get disappointed with my Mac.. I need some fresh ideas on what to do with my iMac. I have tried to create a podcast, with no luck. I printed t…

Quote: Originally Posted by iSteve Okay.... I'm actually starting to get disappointed with my Mac.. I need some fresh ideas on what to do with my iMac. I have tried to create…

Quote: Originally Posted by ael719 Yeah, every now and then I still have don't know how to do stuff on OSX that I can do on Windows. For .wmv, you can download the beta version…

Just tried downloading an installing flip4mac.. but won't work intel based Macs.. (

there is a beta out, i downloaded it a couple days, but it was only a 24 hour link try bit torrent sites that specifically say beta or universal binary btw, i'd send u the .dmg f…

but yeah, i know how you feel... when you have nothing left to do with your Mac. I almost can't wait for school to start so I can start putting this thing to more use, lol I want…

Quote: Originally Posted by iSteve Okay.... I'm actually starting to get disappointed with my Mac.. I need some fresh ideas on what to do with my iMac. I have tried to create…