Should I be able to hear my fan?
I have a question. I hear all this discussion of mooing, and I've never heard it. I've gotten my mac book up to what coreduotemp reports as 75C and I've not heard any noise... including fans kicking on. If i put my ear really close I can hear that "whine" which goes away upon loading the processor, but that is it and its very faint. Should I be concerned that my fan doesnt work, or are they that quiet? Thanks
The fan is audible, but at 72~75C, (for my specific black macbook) the fan noise is very faint and can be confused with the hard drive noise. The optical drive definitely overpowers it.
It's easier to hear it (louder) at 69C when it's mooing.
If you just want to make sure your fan is working, use SystemLoad to ramp your CPU and raise the temperature. The fan should be definitely audible then.
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Major heat problem. should i be able to hear the fans?
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i ran a little experiment by pointing a desk fan at the notebook and it played fine for five hours without problems!!! the corner of the macbook was cool to the touch.
this happens in lid closed or open modes.
anyone else have this or is it time to call applecare?
Macbook Black 1gb Ram 120gb HDD Mac OS X (10.4.7)
Macbook Black 1gb Ram 120gb HDD Mac OS X (10.4.7)UPDATE
ok, so we have had the firmware update and guess what?
all seems ok now!!!!
coreduotemp now reports 65 degrees after playing video at full screen. much better than the 85 degrees it was hitting. now when it gets hot i can hear the fans going. i ran a terminal window and did yes > /dev/null and after only a few seconds the temp was rising to 85-87 and the fans came on really hard and brought it to 68-70. no system stall yet.
normal idle while using only safari over airport is between 41-45 degrees!!!!
i am very happy so far. lets just hope it is the cure.
many thanks for reading and replying.
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Should I be able to hear my iPhone ringing in my Pocket?
It just seems like the phone isnt loud enough to hear, I have no way to compare with another iPhone so I thought I'd ask in here because i figure a phone should be noticeable in one's pocket.
thanks in advance.It depends on the tone selected. Some are very quiet or of a 'soft' nature that are easily missed if the iPhone is in a pocket or not within reach, but others (the Old Phone tone being a good example) can be heard even in very noisy environments.
Given that there is an option to enable vibrate with ring, there's no reason to believe that an iPhone in any pocket or in a case and on the person, will not be noticed when a call is received.
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Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
For the fan running continually, first try an SMC (System Management Controller) reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
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Apple still sells original-equipment batteries for most models from the Apple Store online.
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And some people choose to purchase batteries from what I consider to be less-reliable sources such as eBay. -
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Can you hear the fans and hard drive and see the white boot screen? Flashing question mark? The circle just runs and nothing happens? Only black screen and nothing else? These can be very helpful to diagnose the source of the problem. [1]
Flashing question mark [2]: This is usually a sign of a failed hard drive. This indicates that boot up volume can not be found.
Black screen: This is usually a sign of a failed logic board. There is no single reason for this and this may be caused by failed GPU, screen, CPU or RAM.
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What to do
First, hold down the option key (also known as the alt key) just after you've pressed the power button. This should show all the available options to boot from, so if you have Windows installed through Bootcamp or a disk in your SuperDrive, you should be able to see them along with your OS X drive/partition. Select the OS X partition with arrow keys and press enter. Startup key combinations
If that doesn't help continue doing the steps from below:
1. SMC reset [4]. Shut down and unplug all cables including power cord for at least 30 seconds and then plug in power cord and keyboard/mouse.
2. PRAM reset [5]. Hold down option, command, P and R while booting. Start it when you hear the sound and don't let go before it reboots.
3. Safe boot [6]. Hold down shift while booting to boot into safe mode. If this works, open Disk Utility from Utilities and repair your permissions and verify the disk
4. Hardware test [7]. Insert the install disk (disk 1 in Mac which shipped with OS X 10.5.4 or earlier, disk 2 if shipped with OS X 10.5.5 or newer) and hold down "D" before the grey boot screen opens. Follow on screen instructions
5. Boot from install disk. Boot from the disk that came with your Mac. Hold C while booting. Select Disk Utility from top bar and repair permissions and verify the disk. Reboot normally and see if it works now.
6. Boot from another Mac (Firewire target disk mode). Connect the machines with a Firewire cable. Power on your Mac and press T. Select the other Mac's hard drive. Download the current OS X combo update. Run the combo update installer and select the drive that won't boot as the destination.
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7.1. Install OS X into an external hard drive and then boot from it [8] and try to copy your data from the hard drive before proceeding. If you have done a backup recently, you don't have to do this.
8. Restore OS X from Time Machine backup. Boot from the disk that came with your Mac and choose the Time Machine restore option. This step will lose any changes made since your last backup but the system and your data will be put back to exactly as it was on that date.
8.1 Reinstall OS X. Boot from the install disk as in point 5. and select Disk Utility again. Now erase the whole hard drive and install OS X again. If you had a Time Machine backup and step 7 worked you don't have to do this. -
My MacBook pro is about 3 yrs old. It is a 2008 model right before the new design came out. Recently I closed it up which puts it to sleep and a couple minutes later when I opened it up the screen stayed blank but could hear the fan running but then the power clicked like it was shutting down and I could hear nothing more. My power supply is working and I have already tried resetting it. Can anyone help me? I don't live exactly near a Mac store to get help.
Before resorting to an LB change-out, try this, as it has fixed many of the "silver-key" Macbook Pros with wake-from-sleep issues:
1) To get the computer running, do an SMC reset. Instructions here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Your MBP model uses the first option under the subhead, "Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)"
2) If you get it running, go to System Preferences > Network and select your Airport connection
3) In the result main pane, click the "Advanced..." button.
4) You should be looking at a window with multiple tabs at the top; the "Airport" tab (far left) should be active---if not, make it so.
5) There is a panel showing "Prefered Networks." Use the "minus" button below that window to eliminate any networks that you don't need to access on more than a weekly basis. I'm down to two: the home Airport Extreme Base Station and the network for a museum at which I volunteer once a week.
5) Click "OK" and close System Preferences.
Now try letting it sleep and see it if wakes up.
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Hi , I suhail khan from india and i am user of iMac system 10,1.These days i am facing the sound enabling issue with my iMac system I am not able to hear sound in my iMac system.So kindly suggest me how to enable sound in my iMac . Please no the needful.
Take each of the following steps that you haven't already tried.
1. If you've recently plugged anything into the audio-out (headphone) port, plug and unplug it a couple of times.
2. From the menu bar, select
▹ System Preferences ▹ Sound ▹ Output
Check the settings. The internal speakers should be selected as the output device, the Mute box should not be checked, and the volume slider should be at least halfway to the right.
3. Look inside the headphone port. If a red light is coming from the port, the internal switch is stuck in the position for digital output. You may be able to free it by inserting and removing a headphone mini-stereo jack of the proper size.Inserting any kind of tool in the port may cause damage that won't be covered by your warranty.
4. Boot in safe mode by holding down the shift key at the startup chime. It will take much longer than usual. You don't have to log in; just reboot as usual (without holding any keys) when the login screen appears. (Note: If FileVault is enabled under OS X 10.7 or later, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t boot in safe mode.)
5. Reset the NVRAM.
6. Reset the SMC.
7. Reinstall OS X after backing up all data as a precaution. You won't need your backup unless something goes wrong.
8. Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store.
Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to bare metal from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
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i am not able to hear any sounds of games on the speaker. Though the sounds function on the head fones. The speaker works perfect in other applications except games.Have checked all the settings but not able to fix it.
Have you got notifications muted ? Only notifications (including games) get muted, so the iPod and Videos apps, and headphones, still get sound. Depending on what you've got Settings > General > Use Side Switch To set to (mute or rotation lock), then you can mute notifications by the switch on the right hand side of the iPad, or via the taskbar : double-click the home button; slide from the left; and its the icon; press home again to exit the taskbar. The function that isn't on the side switch is set via the taskbar instead : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4085
If that doesn't solve it then try a reset : press and hold both the sleep and home buttons for about 10 to 15 seconds (ignore the red slider), after which the Apple logo should appear - you won't lose any content, it's the iPad equivalent of a reboot. -
just installed IOS 7.0.2 (11A501) on Iphone now the sound when I play music is too low even when I crank it as loud as it will go. I used to be able to hear it when I mowed the lawn. not anymore. any suggestions?
This should solve the problem
Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings
It will not erase any of your personal data, just reset the settings.
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For those who can't hear their fans...
This is pretty much my experience and you could follow my original posts if you care. I'm just going to break it down.
1st MBP - Week 12 build 2.16 1g 7200 which had to be returned because of the 4SN error message during hardware check. With this MBP I never heard my fans rev up no matter how hard I pushed the machine or how uncomfortably hot it got. Also, I noticed that the error would occur whenever the fans didn't turn on during the system test. This was during the week of April 1st. Went to the store and they kindly swapped the machine.
2nd MBP - Week 12 build 2.16 1g 7200 which also had to be returned. This one also had the 4SN error message during the hardware check and I never heard the fans rev up no matter how hard I pushed the machine. I went to the store to return the machine and I was told by a genius that the error is just a software glitch and as long as the machine is working properly then I shouldn't worry. I wasn't happy, but I needed the MBP and decided that I would hold on to it. After a few weeks I noticed the machine slowing down (marginally) and I occasionally had this issue where my screen would go all glitchy and the computer would freeze. This worried me and I returned to the apple store for it to be sent out for repairs. After explaining my problems (strange HD noise, screen flicker) and showing them a pic of the screen issue he the genius said my graphics card is fried and surprisingly, he wanted to swap the machine again (it was 20 days past the return policy date)! That was very nice of them, but I had to settle for a lower model.
3rd MBP - Week 17 build 2.16 1g 5400 which is running great. I had to settle for the 5400 model because apparently, the 7200 model is no longer an option at the store (you can get it on line). This was fine with me because they returned $400 to me due to the lower model and the genius made good points of battery life and heat. Also made me feel better about the whole 17" vs. 15" top model price point. Anyways, on to the fans. I actually hear them rev up at appropriate times and I never recive the 4SN error message.
What does this mean? Well, it's all speculation but, from my experiance you should hear your fans rev up when the computer is being taxed. With each of the 3 machines I did all the same processes and with the first 2 I never heard the fans. I did not keep the first one long enough to notice any process degradation and I'm not saying that there would have been one. As for the second MBP, I did notice degradation and throughout the weeks of owning that machine never once heard the fans rev up. I have had my third MBP for 2 weeks now and the heat is much better and I do hear the fans rev up occasionally.
Anyways, I love the new machine and I hope this helps people understand, a little more, about the fans/4SN error issues.Yes I still have the whine, but I need to put my head to the keyboard to hear it.
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I am not able to hear a conversation
Hi,
I have an issue with my iPhone 4. When I receive/make a call, I am able to hear the other person, but the person on the other line is not able to hear me at all. This happens at all times. However, if i tap the phone hard on the back, hearing is restored for a while after which it goes again.
I have tried a lot of things to fix it, but no avail.
Can you please help.
P.S. This happened after I dropped my iPhone. (Didnt drop it too hard or from a height)
MalliRamTry doing a hard reboot of the iPhone
1. hold the power and home buttons down
2. you will see the "swipe to turn off" screen come up... KEEP HOLDING THE BUTTONS
3. The screen will go black (turn off)... KEEP HOLDING THE BUTTONS
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My docking station wont play my ipod..... the ipod works fine on its own but when I try to play via my hifi I have to put the sound full wack to be able to hear it & its not very lound at all. It does not respond with the remote control either!! The sound is ok if I play CDs & respond to remote control fine... The hifi & docking station are Sony
1) When I go to the apple.com website my computer will either be really slow or freeze my whole system down to where I have to reboot my computer again. This does not happen all the time but when it does operate it is molasses slow.
By any chance, are you uswing Kaspersky security software?
If so, see:
[With Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 installed on my computer the website apple.com is imaged incorrectly. What should I do?|http://www.kaspersky.com/support/kis2011/all?page=14&qid=208282422] -
My iPhone 6 ear speaker is not working properly I couldn't able to hear any thing from ear speaker to listen I had to put on loud speaker or to use hands free please help me out with this problem if some body have answer?
Hi Venkata from NZ,
If you are having an issue with the speaker on your iPhone, I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
If you hear no sound or distorted sound from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch speaker - Apple Support
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L
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