Is this sound normal?
I just purchased my first mac, a refurbished Powerbook G4. When I'm typing or there are normal household sounds around, I don't notice this noise. But if it is very quiet and I'm just reading, every few seconds I hear a "chick" sound. Is this normal and if so what is it?
It seems to me to be the sound of the harddrive cursor moving.
there are a few mobile parts in the PB; the harddrive, the CD/DVD drive and the fans. fans are located each side on the top of the powerbook (near the flatscreen) but the will mostly work in continue. so the ticking noise you ear should be the harddrive. nothing to worried about.
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I've had my 13in MBP barely 8 months and its been going downhill for the last month or 2 now.
When i first got it, the battery was great- the battery estimate consistently said 9 hours plus after a full charge and it would easily do this- i got a whole day of web browsing at uni and and hour or 2 of Illustrator and still had some battery left when i got home.
For the last 2 months however, the battery has been pants. The highest estimate value i get when i turn on after a full charge is around 3-4 hours and its not lasting well at all, I can browse the internet for an hour or 2 and the battery drops rapidly - i loose between 30-50% in this short space of time. I would expect this kind of drop if i am using a high power program such as the adobe suite but for just browsing the internet (not even streaming videos just normal web) this seems a lot.
It has had some abuse (99 cycles already) but it still seems to have just gone quickly.
i downloaded the coconut battery app and it says my battery capacity has dropped to 90%, is this normal for an 8 month old machine? i expected to have to replace the battery eventually but if its deteriorating this quickly its going to get expensive :|After 99 cycles, you can expect a certain loss of charge with a lithium battery. But before you become too concerned, I'd like to give some advice that might make things easier.
I haven't used your MBP, but I can almost guarantee that your battery is suffering from lithium battery fatique. It happens when your battery is hot all the time. Even doing mundane activities like web browsing, heat reduces the performance of lithium batteries.
Your battery health is a bit lower than some, given the vintage of your machine, but it's well within an acceptable range - especially since it's getting a lot of use. But I'll suggest a few hints that might cut down on the wear and tear on your battery.
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- Think about using your power cable more. You can cut down on battery use simply by using the power cable judiciously. You won't have to worry about the amount of cycles if it's getting powered through the power cable.
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i bought the c2d thinking that all the problems would be solved.........i'm not exactly happy about this fan .....it's like the mbp is geting ready to take off on a runway or something....You can download a program to tell you your temp and fan speed. At then you will have an idea what is going on.
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Any info is appreciated! Thanks!Nub Cake wrote:
My question is this: whenever I turn on the computer or wake it from sleep, the disc drive (at least I'm pretty darn sure it's the disc drive) makes a bit of noise (same rhythm/sound every time). I just want to check to make sure this is normal. It's also a somewhat noisy drive when it comes to loading discs, burning, erasing, etc. Normal, yes? I hope so!
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I placed an upgrade order for two phones, an iPhone 6 and 6plus.
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I am running Flash Professional CS6 On an Acer Aspire. 4 Gigs of RAM, 500 Gigs of HD.
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I record a sound bit in Audacity, Export the sound as and MP3 File on my main computer Hard Drive.
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At this time, the "Output" box Pops up and it states,
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No sound is played and i cannot, for the life of me, figure out why. I have tried all the troubleshoots that i can find online. I checked the publishing settings and nothing is being Overridden, I've attempted to untick the "export device sounds" option, but it is grayed out and cannot be toggled. I have attempted switching the MP3 format sound clip to a WAV format sound clip. I have attempted to re-recording the sound clip and re-importing the clip to the library. I have checked my computers speakers and everything is in working order and i have even checked to see if other projects sound works.
I pulled up a previous project that i had finished a while back that had loads of sound imported the exact same way and it all works exactly as i expect it too. The sound plays, there is not "Output" box claiming an issue. It seems that the issue, whatever it might be, is stuck to this project itself.
I have even started a new project, imported and placed both the MP3 and the WAV files into the sound layer created, CTRL+ENTER, and it works just fine without problem.
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I'm a student and am looking at purchasing a MacBook Pro to replace and old Dell Desktop. On my laptop I plan on having about 40-50Gb of iTunes movies, Music, TV Shows, etc. Also, being a student, I am obviously going to use Microsoft Office all of the time and probably iWork '06. I am also purchasing Final Cut Express HD because I do like to play around and edit digital video. And of course, I do tons of web browsing.
This is my first mas and this is how I would like to configure it.
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that sounds like a config that fits your needs.
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If you like it, you can buy it later for the same price, if not, you save money.
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I have noticed recently that the hard-drive in my TC was getting noisy but everything appeared to be working until a few hours ago.
I recall there were issues with the early Time Capsules and sudden death. Does this sound like that situation?
Welcome advice on whether current generation Time Capsules are more reliable or would a better course be to replace it with a generic router and seprate backup disk?
Thanks ..donaldApple treated me well on this. My TC was 15 months out of warranty when I took it to the Genius Bar. About the only question asked was "do you have Apple Care on another product?", following which a replacement TC was produced, some paperwork signed and I was on my way.
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The replacement TC, according to the Genius, is new "service stock" (not a refurnished unit) but the same model as my original TC; i.e. First Generation. This leaves me guessing it will have about a 2-yaer lifespan as well, so I I should plan on upgrading well in advance. I'll be listening carefully for strange noises and watching how hot it gets.
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