My mac makes a popping sound when I close the laptop lid

I have a question I am going into a apple certified repair store and getting my mac repaired cause of the popping noise it makes. it is reproducible so thats not a issue with having to prove that i'm not making it up. will they replace the laptop or will they repair it and if they do determine to replace it then do they give you a replacement right away or do you have to have it repaired so many times ?. I have had the laptop for a year and 2 months and I do have apple care on it so thats not an issue. has anyone else dealt with this issue and what did apple do in the end ?

Open your mac pro and listen carfully. It could be coming from a failing hard drive or a bad fan. If you have more than one drive you could remove the ones you are not currently using and add them back one by one to try to localize or eliminate the sound. Caution though, only remove drives when your machine is off. You cannot hot swap the drive bays.

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I have xscreensaver running in my archlinux, and with a systemd service, I can start it after waking up my laptop.
The problem is that I like to keep my laptop running when I close the lid (for example, to go to bed while I'm downloading a file, I like to simply close my lid), but I want to lock my computer.
In the /etc/systemd/logind.conf, there is a nice option called HandleLidSwitch, which specifies which action is invoked when the lid is closed, and there is a lock option, but It doesn't work for me.
The option suspend works fine.
Here is my /etc/systemd/logind.conf:
# This file is part of systemd.
# systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
# See logind.conf(5) for details
[Login]
#NAutoVTs=6
#ReserveVT=6
#KillUserProcesses=no
#KillOnlyUsers=
#KillExcludeUsers=root
#Controllers=
#ResetControllers=cpu
#InhibitDelayMaxSec=5
HandlePowerKey=suspend
#HandleSuspendKey=suspend
#HandleHibernateKey=hibernate
HandleLidSwitch=ignore
#PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=yes
#IdleAction=ignore
#IdleActionSec=30min
Any help?
Last edited by alomsimoy (2013-09-10 18:08:33)

I would say that you should just have logind ignore the LidSwitch altogether. So if it is set to ignore the lid switch, then it obviously isn't going to be entering the suspend.target (or is it the sleep.target, I can't remember). Therefore, you are going to have to have some other way of triggering actions in response to these events.
The lid switch sends an event to udev, so you have the option of having a udev rule that responds to this, or using acpid to start this for you. I would recommend using acpid, as it is much more flexible in what it can allow you to do.
Edit: acpid is not necessarily more flexible than a udev rule, as it relies on the udev events. But it is a much easier method of setup since it simply relies of basic scripting in order to make it work. It can allow for one central script (or collection of scripts) to handle all the different events that udev sends. To see what kinds of things trigger a udev event, you can use udevadm monitor or if you install acpid, there is the acpi_listen option.
Edit2: BTW, what is it you mean by not working? Does it still suspend on lid close, or is your xscreensaver not started? You need to be more explicit there. If it is still suspending, have you rebooted or restarted logind after making those changes to logind.conf? You can't just edit the file and have the changes implemented right away, as the configuration is parsed and the settign implemented on the service start.
Last edited by WonderWoofy (2013-09-10 17:28:05)

Good evening every one! recently, i noticed that my macbook pro make a weird sound when i open the screen, it's like there is something keeping the screen from moving correctly.the little noise comes exactly from the left side of the axis.please advice me

Good evening ! recently, i noticed that my macbook pro make a weird sound when i open the screen, it's like there is something keeping the screen from moving correctly.the little noise comes exactly from the left side of the axis.please advice me what to do
(i live in morocco and i need to know where i should take ma macbook to get it fixed and if the warranty take this problem in charge)
thank you in advance
macbook pro mid2012 i7 (here is my e-mail adress : [email protected])

You should take it to an Apple store or an AASP (Authorized Apple Service Provider) Carefully inspect the hinge joint and make sure there is no debris that you can see, you can try carefully sliding some sticky tape thru the joint to clear any loose stuff out. But this sounds like there might be more going on here, and the hinge is something that you do not want to fool with.

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jordN wrote:
This only started happening after I upgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, I don't have a clue why it does it, but if I close the screen on my laptop and open it, the screen doesn't come back on it just stays off but the power light button comes on and the WiFi signal button is on but it is red as if the wifi is turned off, is anyone else having this problem or does anyone know how to fix it? I have to manually hold down the power button everytime I close my laptop to turn it off and then back on and once it is on it works perfectly, but I don't like holding the power button down for obvious reasons. Thank you.Go back to Windows 10, seems HP do not care about releasing up to date drivers for Windows 10, this is despite the problem you report also happening during BETA Testing of Windows 10 over TWELVE MONTHS AGO! It is only now HP are bothering to advise people not to upgrade, but yet they clearly won't reply in this topic, which is more or less about your problem from many different users! http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-Systems-and-Software/Windows-10-Laptop-won-t-go-into-sleep-mode/m-p/5181173#M304826

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Open your mac pro and listen carfully. It could be coming from a failing hard drive or a bad fan. If you have more than one drive you could remove the ones you are not currently using and add them back one by one to try to localize or eliminate the sound. Caution though, only remove drives when your machine is off. You cannot hot swap the drive bays.

HP Pavilion G6 (G6-2313AX) automatically stops music when I put the laptop lid down, please help?

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My Laptop is a Pavilion G6-2313AX (AMD A10-4600M with 7660G+7670M Dual Graphics) with genuine Windows 8. I use this laptop a lot in the school bus, while going in cars etc to listen to music. Problem is whenever I put my laptop screen down (It is set NOT to go to sleep mode), the track pauses on Windows Media Player, iTunes, any program. Someone please help me on what I should do to prevent this from happening!

I understand that the music pauses when the notebook is closed. When the notebook is closed, this is usually to move it from one place to another. This may be triggering HP ProtectSmart which physically stops the HDD from spinning causing everything to pause until the HDD is stable. Newser systems are more sensitive to protect the HDD and the data on it.
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dcnjrich wrote:
I sent my MBP13 to Apple for repair. The tech indicated that the hinges were lubricated and tightened....and the sound still exists. Atleast I have it documented in the event there is any type of failure. Candidly I'm guessing that one of the magnets is loose as the noise does not occur when the laptop lid is closed.
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I’m just annoyed because I usually have the worst luck with technology but my macbook had been going strong and I got it because of the apparent lack of things that could go wrong, but of course even if there is one thing that could go wrong it will happen to me.
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Popping sound when running WMP in full scr

Basically, I installed the card with a new computer. The specs are:
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Mother Asus AV8
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Geforce4 6600 GT AGP
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Ext. DVD/RW
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However, if I use WMP in Full screen, you can ear it pretty well.
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Could it be that when changing into full screen, the video card requires more power, and introduce some noise in the system that produce the popping sound in the sound card? (I have a 430Watts power supply)
Thanks
Max

Zahmatra wrote:
Basically, I installed the card with a new computer. The specs are: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Mother Asus AV8 Memory 2x52 Dual Channel Corsair Xms 80 Gb Matrox 7200 RPM PATA Geforce4 6600 GT AGP X-fi ExtremeMusic TV / Radio AVermedia TV Phone (old TV card) Sony DVD player Ext. DVD/RW While playing any game, you might ear it from time to time. Not really noticeable. While listening to music in WINAMP or WMP, no problem at all. However, if I use WMP in Full screen, you can ear it pretty well. Any solutions beside reinstalling or updating drivers? Could it be that when changing into full screen, the video card requires more power, and introduce some noise in the system that produce the popping sound in the sound card? (I have a 430Watts power supply) Thanks Max
You can check if
- decreasing the hardware acceleration (2 D graphics),
- decreasing the PCI latency for the grapgics (28),
- enabling the AGP fast write
- increasing the AGP aperture size into size of your geforce's onboard memory,
- lowering graphics resolution to 24-bit
- increasing the PCI Latency for sound card (64 or 28),
- (if the popping comes when you move the mouse then) decreasing the mouse sampling rate,
- changing performance optimization for applications (instead of background services) or vice versa if already set for applications
- using ASIO (plugin needed) with winamp
makes any difference with winamp popping issues.
jutapa

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