You Thought I Was Insane Before
[ rakaur on Fri Mar 31 at 01:45 AM // category: apple, hardware, technology ]
So, all the stuff I read about MacBook Pros emitting weird noises didn’t worry me much. I mean, what are the odds I’ll get one of those when the one I ordered was fresh off the assembly line?
Well, crap, mine has one of the noises. The worst one I’ve heard is something related to the display, which is ungodly awful. Mine’s not that bad. Mine’s the “processor noise.” Apparently the power inverter, when drawing below a certain amount of power, cycles at an audible frequency. It’s not really horrible. Even with minor ambient noise in the room (such as my other computers running) you don’t notice it. In a quiet room, all alone (like, say, studying or in an office) it will slowly drive you insane. Some guy wrote an application that uses 8% CPU, which stops the noise. Apple has reported they are “working on it.” If it’s something the hardware is emitting, only another hardware rev will fix it, which would suck for current owners. I dunno, it doesn’t really bother me too terribly much. In a quiet enviornment it bugs me though.
Hopefully they’ll have it fixed with something Software Update will get for me by the time I start school.
-- rakaur // 2006.03.31 @ 01:45 AM
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