When you turn your macbook on does it...

Make a weird (excuse my impression) "Reee orr reee rahh rahhh" sound! :P
The same sound it makes when you put a CD in? Is this a normal sound?
Does everyones do it?
Why does it make this unattractive sound? Ive never had a laptop that does it before...
And when you show your friends your macbook they go wowwww until you press on :P

Make a weird (excuse my impression) "Reee orr reee
rahh rahhh" sound! :P ...
Why does it make this unattractive sound? Ive never
had a laptop that does it before...
And when you show your friends your macbook they go
wowwww until you press on :P
I assume you mean when you press the "on" button? Easy way to avoid this. Put the Mac to sleep instead of turning it off. Then when you open it up to show it off to your friends, it will flash on and, presumably, not make that sound.
The sound it's making is likely the hard drive coming to life, which it needs to do if it's been shut down and off for a while.

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