Random chirping noise???

Every time I select a song, playlist, device, etc. there is a random chirping noise that comes through my speakers. does anyone else have this problem? it's really annoying.

Nope that doesn't work as when you close and open iTunes up again it will reinstall the file.
delete the file then right click in a blank area in the folder then click New -> Text Document' to create a new text document. Rename this to axloadcomplete.wav NOT axloadcomplete.wav.txt.
If you cant see the .wav on the end or .txt then you will need to enable extensions.
go to Control panel and double click 'Folder options' then click on the 'view' tab and un-tick 'Hide extensions for known types' check box

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Random chirp noise

http://www.zshare.net/audio/651774436058b902/
I've had a MacPro for about 9 months and today it started making this chirping noise. Since it happens at random I haven't been able to narrow down exactly where it is coming from. I'd like to think it is the internal speaker, but the sound doesn't match any of the system sounds. It can happen just once, or several times, but it is never rapid. The MP3 contains just one instance of the noise repeated a few times.
Since I know it will be the first question, all the HDs are Western Digitals: 500GB (2x), 1TB, and a 320GB.

The beeping finally got rapid and I narrowed it down to my closet adjacent to the Pro... it was an old APC UPS with a dying battery warning.
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Random chirping/hiccup sounds during playback?

I have a 5G 60GB Video iPod. While listening to my music on it, it will make random chirping/hiccup sounds through ever song. I know it isn't the song file, because when it first started happening, I'd review back and it wouldn't ever make the sounds in the same part of the song twice.
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I can't describe the noise any better than a chirp, skip, pop, hiccup...I can't find anything. Any information about getting this problem fixed would be so appreciated!!

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hey guys,
so i received my macbook pro lion about 2 weeks ago and ever since i've had it i've been getting these really strange sounds that seem to come out of no where and at random times, even when im not doing anything. sometimes its a chirping noise. sometimes it a sound of someone laughing. sometimes its a door closing, similar to that of AIM's sound when a person signs out. sometimes its the same sound i get when someone ims me on AIM even if no one really did im me. i know its not because of AIM because i've turned off all the sound in preferences a week ago and the random sounds have still been ocurring. the only programs that run when it happens is safari, itunes, and aim. i've already checked the preferences for all of them and all of my widgets as well, and turned anything related to sound, off. its been getting really annoying and i would extremely appreciate it if anyone could shed some light on this issue. thanks in advance!
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Hey,
thanks for the advice. turns out, i tried turning aim off for a whole day and just using meebo, and i didn't hear the sounds at all. the next day, i turned aim on, and the sounds came back.. so i guess it has to do with aim then. it probably is, also considering the fact that the sounds such as an im alert sound and a door closing(these are all aim sounds). do you know how i can look into aim and fix this? ive double checked and the sound preferences are definitely turned off. what do you tihnk i can do?
i considered just not using aim, but im just really used to it because ive been using it for like 5 years and ichat is kind of annoying for me. if all else fails, then i really dont have a choice, but id like to do what i can.
thanks for all the help man!

Chirping Noise from Hard Drive Causing iMac to Freeze Up!

Hope someone can give me some pointers to figure this one out!
The computer will begin making high-pitch, squeaky chirping noises from the upper left corner (near the hard drive I think):
http://homepage.mac.com/adamntaya/.cv/adamntaya/Sites/.Public/Chirping%20Noise.m p3-zip.zip
Then after a while it will totally freeze up and I have to reboot. It is happening more and more frequently. Already tried doing a Hardware Test, with good results. Already tried downloading MacJanitor. Already tried a PRAM Reset. Nothing has helped the problem yet.
What can I try?
iMac G5 20" 1.8 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.4) 160MB HD, 1G Memory (1st Gen)

I had this exact problem, (exactly the same sound) with an eMac I had about a year ago. Our situations were the same, and after many calls and hours talking to Apple I got wound up getting a new iMac to replace to eMac, just paying the difference. They first wanted to take the computer in, which is what will happen when you call, but I would say that you would like to have a new one sent to you, as I assume you ordered it offline. Your problem and the one that I had seem to be quite rare, but nonetheless you should get a new computer.

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thanks...i did that and noticed i still had virus barrier and google updater running and i removed those items before but didn't properly uninstall VB X5 and the google updater thing was still running for some reason...so i reinstalled it [VB X5] and then uninstalled it properly...and then searched for the google folder in my library and trashed it...now i don't hear those sounds anymore...
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IMac 24 makes a chirping noise

My iMac 24 (2008) makes a loud chirping noise, usually when switching apps, or when doing certain operations within an app such as iTunes, Photoshop, Safari, Firefox, Aperture, etc.
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Your iMac should not chirp like any kind of bird?
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Hello all,
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Azeroth, I know what you are talking about. It's a repetitive clinking/chirping sound caused by the hard drive head parking whilst idle (power saving). I didn't have it with my former MBP/Fujitsu 7200, but my new MBP (Hitachi 7200) was driving me nuts with this sound. Plus it wears the hard drive out, ironically.
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hdapm is the answer.
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/usr/local/bin doesn't exist by default. You have to create it.
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cd /usr/local/bin
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3) Download hdapm, a command line utility for hard drive power management, here: http://mckinlay.net.nz/hdapm/
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Chirping noise on Mac Mini problem

Mac Mini makes chirping noise-stops when top icons selected
New Mac user here, upgraded to Leopard but problem also occurred under Tiger -- Problem: periodically (no apparent reason), while browsing with either Safari or Firefox, Mac mini starts making a chirping noise -- chirping will stop under a few conditions -- e.g., if icon on top (i.e., Bluetooth, Wireless, speaker, etc) is selected) -- chirping will resume when mouse is brought back down on desktop -- eventually closing browser or some other action will stop the chirping -- doesn't "appear" to me to be hardware as indicated in other previous posts --- anybody have any thoughts?
Thanks in advance --

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While it hasn't been reported very often at all, this 'chirping' has cropped up a couple of times with new minis, though there has not been any apparent cause or cure that I recall being discussed.
First thing to do is test to see if this is drive related. I would download a copy of MenuMeters (http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/) and set it to display at least the disk activity and paging indicators (the latter in the memory tab). Watch to see if the chirping is then associated with disk read or write activity. If it is, then you may have a drive problem, and at the very least should ensure that you take regular backups, or indeed have the system examined with a view to possibly replacing the drive.
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