Any home-based to very noisy IMac?
I have the 24" new Imac. After a few days, it started getting very noisy from the bottom of the display. It's a whirring sound or a buzzing sound. The only way to get the sound off is to put the computer to sleep. The sound goes off after a second or two. Then when I wake up the computer, the whirring gets very loud for two seconds, like a lawn mower. Any thoughts?
charnovitz,
Start taking meticulous notes about the situation. Date/time stamp, noise, duration, cessation, etc.
You will soon be collecting on AppleCare. I have empathy.
My new shiny 24-inch iMac is dead quiet.
,dave
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I have a 21.5 iMac mid 2011 that I got last Decembre.
Since 1 week now, the hard drive just started to be very noisy. I mean I can hear a scratchy noise coming from the back of the iMac. Noticeable as it was so silent before.
Should I bring it to the nearest Apple store as the warranty is still running?
What should I save before doing that?
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