What is that loud 'tok, tok, tok "sound in my iMac?

What is that loud 'tok, tok, tok "sound in my imac? It will sound when the computer boots, and sometimes when the machine is turned on. Should be sent directly for warranty service?

This could be the internal Hard Drive being a bit loud when it starts up or it could indicate a potential hard drive error.
If you check the S.M.A.R.T status of your drive in Disk Utility it should give some indication (but not always).
If the system works fine it's probably nothing to worry about, but you should probably speak to Apple Tech Support or make an appointment with an Apple Genius at your local Apple Retail Store just to be on the safe side.
If you have an external drive available to you, make a back up of your system (so you don't loose anything) in case the drive does need replaced.

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If you have an external drive available to you, make a back up of your system (so you don't loose anything) in case the drive does need replaced.

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Did you try different headphones!?
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Have a look at Settings -> General -> Accessibility
There's a slider for L-R
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Encoding you say. I noticed that all the movies without sound are listed in 'Home Video' section of iTunes. The process used to digitize the movies was identical for all the movies. Is there a way to identify the encoding problem? I have redone a movie several times, setting the audio to different levels. When I set it to Stereo the sound came through, but choppy.

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Check your settings in System Preferences>Sound. If that does not help, perform a PRAM reset.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
If that does not solve the issue, then a trip to an Apple store is in order.
Ciao.

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My Macbook pro is a year old and I use it for school, so have it on for hours every day. Just last week I began to hear a hissing noise, or is a fan? I don't know, but I've never heard it before. It's not real loud, but it's noticeable. Any ideas?

vision2020 wrote:
I too have this problems. I purchased my Macbook Pro July of 2010, and recently it began making a hissing noise. It makes the sound three times, and on the same pattern each time. Mine is also not that loud, but still considerably noticeable. What should we do?
Email me please! Thank you
If you still get the "hissing" sound after http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411 Apple Portables: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) check out the following:
Mac OS X 10.6 Help: Checking a disk to see if it’s going to fail
Failing Hard Drive Sounds
How to Tell When Your Hard Drive is Going to Fail
If you have AppleCare, give them a call. If not, take the computer to your local Apple Store or AASP if no solution is found in these communities.
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titanax wrote:
OK at the risk of sounding like a real noob, I'm just gona go ahead & ask...
What is that 3rd big slot on the right side of the MBA for? You have the mini-DVI, followed by a USB slot & then there is this unmarked "kinda like for SD" slot.
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on top menu row - Apple/iMovie/File/Edit/Cut (Can vary dep. on language - in Swedish Apple/iMovie/Arkiv/Redigera/Klipp . . . )
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I have a Imac G5 Rev2 and I read a lot of topics about loud fan noise. I bought an Imac about 4 months ago and the fan noise is a bit louder than when I just got it. What do all the users mean by "loud"? It is only once, when I was running the hardware test, that I heard my Imac did the "airplane" (very loud) fan noise. When I am using applications using a lot of CPU, I hear a louder fan noise but not the "airplane" noise.
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