How loud is the whine

Guys I read about the whine and I am wondering how loud is yours? Mine isn't that loud but with the mirrow widget it goes away so I am assuming it is the whine you all are talking about it. Before I call apple and tell them about it I wanted to hear from you all.
Thanks
Thom

Mine is a shriek, not a whine.
As in, Warcraft in the background, movie front and center, I could still hear the MacBook Pro shrieking. Sometimes. Other times it was quieter, but still loud enough to hear over my dog barking/growling. He's sort of got a Barry White voice. . .you know, for a dog.
But, please do call Apple. It's pretty easy, in my experience, to tell the difference between "the whine" and a normal computer hum or murmur. My Dell makes a very easy-to-ignore soft whine/whir while running. The Apple, I was afraid, was possessed. The techs will have an easier time figuring out what's going on when they know which machines are broken. The more people who call with actual issues, the better.

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How loud is the whine exactly?

Im preparing for the worst.. how bad is the whine that you guys experience? Would it be enough to get kicked out of class? I won't have time to send this one back once it gets here because school is starting and I need it for my digital media class.

The loudness varies. Many users can hear the whine when sitting at a normal arms-length typing distance from their notebook. For others, the whine is much louder and can be heard several yards away.
It may be enough for a prof to ask you to shut down the machine, if the room is small and the prof has sensitive ears. I take a lot of classes in small conference rooms that seat ~15 people. Some of my profs would tease me for the whine, but never asked me to shut my MBPRO off. It was definitely much quieter than, for example, a Dell P4 notebook with the fans cranking full blast. The high-pitched nature of the noise may be especially irritating to some people, thougn.
Anyway, if you are worried about your MBPRO getting kicked out of class then there are several workarounds you could use in that setting. You could use the PhotoBooth workaround, or possibly the Mirror Widget workaround. Another option is to install Apple Developer Tools and run the CHUD tools. In CHUD there is an option to disable one of the processor's cores, which kills the whine. The downside to these workarounds is that you lose processor performance and battery life

How loud is the whine on the new 2Ghz MacBook?

I have been seeing alot of posts about people complaing about the whining thier MacBook is making. I was wondering how loud it is, and if its really anything to be concerned about. My old iBook makes some noise, but its not anything that annoys me, and you can't even hear it if there is some other noise in the room (i.e. TV, music, etc.).
Also, people have been talking about mooing, what the heck is that?
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Mine doesn't. When plugged in I get a very very faint buzz from the charging but it's not the CPU whine like the 15" MBPs have and it's about 10x fainter in volume at least. I've gotten very good at hearing the CPU whine and this isn't it (at least on mine).
My black macbook whines too when the AC adapter is
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Can i use any headphones into a 6th gen ipod nano? and how loud does the volume go without headphones? - maybe in comparison to an ipad?

Can I use any headphone with a 6th gen ipod nano? How loud is the volume without headphones? - in comparison the the ipad

Here's a selection:
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How to detect the Whine or the Display sound

Hi everybody, im thinking to buy a MBP, but in my country (Argentina) the return policies arent too fluent...so if I can detect the whine or the lcd sound, it should be in the store, because, after taking home the mbp, it will be a war with them exchange the mbp. And if they agree to exchanged it, it will be last one month or more.
Sorry if somebody explained this before, but I read all the posts I can about this but I couldnt find exactly where I should hear to notice the sound.
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FerMacca

Fer, espero que no seas de Boca...
The screen whine is very loud. It's caused by a defective logic board and Apple is replacing them. This noise goes away if you put full brightness on the screen , and ppl that had it say it's ear-piercing.
The CPU whine will be there... I know the guy that exports them to Argentina and the last shipment was last week . This noise is more like a 'hiss' and you can hear it only when operating on battery. It comes from the left side of the keyboard close to the screen and it goes away using photobooth or mirror widget, or a BT mouse.
In my case its so low pitched that I don't even know it exists and I don't use any method to cut it down. you'll have to unplug one and see for yourself if it bothers you.
If you need more details email me. I'm an Argie too.
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How loud is the sound in DeciBel?

well... I only want to know how loud the sound, on my iPod is. The absolut highest level on it, is that 100 deciBel or more (or less)?
Simone (Denmark)
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The iPods sold in Europe have a limit of 100dB, in accordance with EN 50332-1, - Sound system equipment: Headphones and earphones associated with portable audio equipment. Maximum sound pressure level measurement methodology and limit considerations. Part 1: General method for "one package equipment""
But it's not quite that simple.
The specific headphones and their efficiency will play a large part in the actual volume level.

How loud is the Mac Pro under heavy load?

Greetings to all.
I've got a Quad that currently likes to rev up it's fans when I'm doing 4 core calculations (rendering). It gets loud enough that it usually drones out anything not in my immediate area of my desk in my office. Just slightly quieter then the noise it throws off when you run Apple Hardware Test (which has no thermal management, so everything runs at full blast).
I'm fine with a loud computer, the Quad's still quieter then some of my PC's. But I would like to know- everyone is clamering about the Mac Pro's being quieter then the Quad.
Is this under load, or just idling?
Are the Mac Pro's as loud as the Quad when loaded down?
-S'Captain

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Someone mentioned above that the machine has only passive heat-sinks on the CPUs which is true but misleading because each heat-sink has a dedicated fan right in-front of it in the case. So far I have added 4x1GB of non-Apple thermal spec RAM, i.e. no heat-sinks - just spreaders, and the fans have not spun any louder. Two of the sticks are Kingston and two are Crucials which were the wrong types due to an error by them and didn't have the Apple-style sinks on em. The Kingstons have run reliably for over a week with me stressing them almost every night and I have encountered a lone ECC error which was corrected. I think in cooler environments you may be OK with regular FB-DIMMS but in a hotter environment you may have issues, I keep it pretty cool where the MP lives.
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How loud is the sound generated by the iPod Touch transducer?

My question is, at what distance from iPod Touch will I be able to hear the transducer sound for a calendar event?
Like many others, I would like to switch my calendar and addresses from a Palm PDA to an iPod Touch device.
I need an alarm sound for a calendar event to remind me that its 20 minutes before I need to leave the office to be on time for an off-site customer meeting.
I have used a Palm T5 PDA, which has a low, medium or high alarm sound settings. Even when the alarm sound is set to low, it can be easily heard by and annoy my neighbors in adjacent cubicals.
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Unfortunately there is currently no way of having an audible alert for a calender event.
The calender app however does allow a visual alert before the event.
Try leaving feedback for apple on this link: http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipodtouch.html
since there is already audible alarms using the transducer, i'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to add this feature to the calender app as well.
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Ali

How loud is the mooing?

i've started hearing it... but... its not loud at all, and i wouldnt notice it if i hadnt looked at these message boards, and i wouldnt have come to this message board over it? whats the fuss?

In an average environment, you're not likely to hear it at all... but in a quiet room you probably will. It tends to be more quiet than your average PC fan. I think the problem is the amount of time that the fan goes on. It only goes on for a few seconds... just enough to bring the temp down a degree or two... so then it goes off... but the temp goes right back up in a few seconds... so the fan goes on again for a few seconds. I think it would be a little less annoying if it stayed on long enough to actually do some cooling vs. going on and off at such short intervals.

How loud is the Mac Pro?

I need a very quiet PC. I know the Mac Pro is quieter than its G5 predecessor, but I have never owned a Power Mac, so the comparison doesn't mean much to me. I'm most concerned about fan noise. Is the Mac Pro audible from a few feet away? Does it get louder under load?
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I need a very quiet PC. I know the Mac Pro is
quieter than its G5 predecessor, but I have never
owned a Power Mac, so the comparison doesn't mean
much to me. I'm most concerned about fan noise. Is
the Mac Pro audible from a few feet away? Does it
get louder under load?
P.S. I plan to get the fanless 7300 video card, and I
will replace the stock hard drive with one I have
specifically chosen for nearly silent operation.
VERY QUIET!
William

How loud should the Dual core 2GHZ machines be?

I just purchased the dual core 2GHZ last night and after reading so many people say these were so quiet, I was expecting quiet.
I have to agree this is much better than my dual 867 G4, but I wouldn't call it quiet. I am using it for audio and was so excited that thay finally found a way to make them quiet. I am now disappointed.
Does anybody know what the normal db rating is for these and where I should be tested as far as where I should be placing the noise level meter to see if this is within specs or if I got a bad one.
Any help would be great.
Thanks

I got a Dual 2 Ghz (separate processors) so I would assume mine is noisier, but I'll tell you what I've learned.
1: It seems the one PCI slot video cards are the nosiest, making the PCI slot fan/speaker combination make a lot of noise right in front of the machine where you'll hear it all too clearly. The two slot PCI video cards are quieter because of their bigger fan.
2: The Superdrive makes the most noise when a cd/dvd is in and being used.
3: The drivebay fans are set to a minimum 1000 RPMs, provided you have a cool room (-75ºF) much more over this they will kickup and make noise along with all the other fans.
4: The CPU fans are a little bit tricky, with some OS X updates "something" gets reset and then the fans will rev up and down at the slightest provocation. This can cause considerable noise and attention. Most times the fan will settle into one constant speed which is better than the annoying revs.
So it depends a lot upon where a sound reading is taken and what kind of hardware and room temps.
My Dual 2, measured from the front grill middle, no active Superdrive, in a -75ºF room, with the remaining PCI slot covers removed, gets a sound reading of 58 db at point blank range.
A eMac 800 I had was getting a constant 72 db as measured from the rear fan exhaust area. It was a vacuum cleaner in comparison to my Dual 2.
If you need absolute silence, I suggest a server box or placing the Tower on the opposite side of the wall and routing cables through a small hole. Get a external cd/dvd drive.

ATI x800XT -- how loud is too loud?

I recently upgraded my G5 from a fanless ATI 9600XT to a ATI x800XT.
I was wondering how loud this new card should be?
Upon powering up the G5, I can hear the fans spin up quite loudly compared to before the upgrade. I'm assuming this is the new vid card? I thought for a minute that I installed something incorrectly as it almost sounded like something was vibrating for a few seconds but then the noise smoothed out.
After 10 seconds or so, the fan noise reduces but still can be heard during simple tasks like web surfing. It adds a bit to the overall G5 fan noise that I'm used to but isn't too bad.
So far, I haven't tried any graphics-intensive workout for the new card. How loud will the fan get then? As loud as the full blast fans that I used to get with kernel panics or what?
Thanks for your insight.

Thanks, Samsara.
As you said, I'm probably just not used to one with a fan and wasn't sure what to expect. It is well seated, and so far, the only time I've really heard it is during startup (where I think it comes on full power for a few seconds).
During "regular" use, I can hear it but, overall, it only adds a little to the general fan noise. It doesn't ramp up and down during regular use.
I haven't taxed it yet, but as this card was near-impossible to get, I'll definitely be keeping it.
Thanks for your reassurance, Samsara.

The Whiner is away, how do I get a good one?

After hours on the phone with techincal and sales support, they have agreed to refund me for my machine. I finally admitted that 2500 dollars was just too much to have to deal with the inconvenience of mirror widgets and battery draining programs.
They will be placing my money back in my card as soon as my package arrives in California. I will then walk down to my local Apple store (35 minutes away) and purchase a new Macbook. According to all you people out there who claim only a small minority of macbooks whine, I shouldn' get another whiner should I? My first 2 whined, we'll see about the 3rd.
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I am not sure what all the fuss is about the whine. I can't believe some people (many people) on this forum have excahnged their machines twice, even three times in hopes of some elusive "perfect machine".
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I have not seriously thought of returning my MBP because it is a wonderful machine. I guess I am way less picky than I thought--of course I have had to work through a lot of network/computer problems in the past, so maybe I am just more tolerant. But seriously, you could go through 10 of these machines and not get the one you want. There is no such thing as perfect when you think of the extrordinarily complex tasks this (and all computers in genreral) are undertaking on a second to second basis.
P.S. I also have the tilted eject key--who cares!

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