Why does my macbook pro mid-2009 make so much noise?

It has been making this noise for the longest time and it gets really hot whenever I use it. Help?

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2.3ghz Intel Core i7 Processor
500gb HD
4gb RAM
Etc.
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Firefox
iTunes
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The next time you have the problem, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
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Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
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TS4422 Why does my macbook pro (mid 2010) keep crashing after installing latest Mountain Lion?

I updated my operating system on MBP (mid 2010) to Mountain Lion 10.8.3. I am starting to regret it! It takes forever to boot up and shut down, it keeps crashing every time my husband tries to go on his work email system (he's about to chuck my MBP out the window!) and also does it to me randomly. The MBP runs very SLOW.
What's up? Do I need to bring to Genius Bar or can it be resolved here?
Thanks!

Hi - I have the smae problem. Suddenly crashes - MBP 15, new HD with Mountain Lion.
here is the report:
Mon Aug 12 17:20:27 2013
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff7f9b7fcf1a): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 5 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff8095c82000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.4.5/src/AppleM uxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff809520b1f0 : 0xffffff801961d626
0xffffff809520b260 : 0xffffff7f9b7fcf1a
0xffffff809520b330 : 0xffffff7f99dd2f1e
0xffffff809520b3f0 : 0xffffff7f99ea712d
0xffffff809520b430 : 0xffffff7f99ea718e
0xffffff809520b4a0 : 0xffffff7f9a16ded0
0xffffff809520b5d0 : 0xffffff7f99ecfa75
0xffffff809520b5f0 : 0xffffff7f99dd9d50
0xffffff809520b6a0 : 0xffffff7f99dd77d0
0xffffff809520b8a0 : 0xffffff7f99dd910a
0xffffff809520b970 : 0xffffff7f9ad478be
0xffffff809520ba30 : 0xffffff7f9ad4e6f4
0xffffff809520ba60 : 0xffffff7f9ad57f7e
0xffffff809520ba90 : 0xffffff7f9ad57cb1
0xffffff809520bb50 : 0xffffff7f9ad258c8
0xffffff809520bba0 : 0xffffff8019a66e69
0xffffff809520bbc0 : 0xffffff8019a68410
0xffffff809520bc20 : 0xffffff8019a65e2f
0xffffff809520bd70 : 0xffffff8019698c01
0xffffff809520be80 : 0xffffff8019620b3d
0xffffff809520beb0 : 0xffffff8019610448
0xffffff809520bf00 : 0xffffff801961961b
0xffffff809520bf70 : 0xffffff80196a6536
0xffffff809520bfb0 : 0xffffff80196ce9e3
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.4.5)[49FEF732-D7A3-327B-A7AA-6AC5A6E3DCFF]@0 xffffff7f9b7ef000->0xffffff7f9b801fff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.0.4)[1D0BB11E-7D71-34CF-ACC3-57DF01CADA 08]@0xffffff7f9b7ea000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f99c0a000
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.4.5)[4A2C8548-7EF1-38A9-8817-E8CB34B8DC A6]@0xffffff7f9b7d6000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[A35915E8-C1B0-3C0F-81DF-5515BC9002FC]@0xfffff f7f99be8000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[6C8CFC18-75F0-3DEF-86C7-CEB2C1FD6BB1]@0xff ffff7f99d5d000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[990D1A42-DF16-3AB9-ABC1-6A88AC142244]@0 xffffff7f99d1a000
         com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.2)[96AE69DE-8A37-39D0-B2D3-D8446A6AA670]@0xffffff7f99d 71000->0xffffff7f9a016fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f99c0a000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[6C8CFC18-75F0-3DEF-86C7-CEB2C1FD6BB1]@0xff ffff7f99d5d000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[990D1A42-DF16-3AB9-ABC1-6A88AC142244]@0 xffffff7f99d1a000
         com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(8.1.2)[988EAF3A-3318-3787-8A5A-844830FA1522]@0xffffff7 f9a022000->0xffffff7f9a2f6fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.2)[96AE69DE-8A37-39D0-B2D3-D8446A6AA670]@0xffffff7f99d 71000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f99c0a000
         com.apple.GeForce(8.1.2)[7EC545A4-4B57-32F1-8DC3-C31023AFBDCB]@0xffffff7f9ad130 00->0xffffff7f9ade0fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.2)[96AE69DE-8A37-39D0-B2D3-D8446A6AA670]@0xffffff7f99d 71000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[6C8CFC18-75F0-3DEF-86C7-CEB2C1FD6BB1]@0xff ffff7f99d5d000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f99c0a000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[990D1A42-DF16-3AB9-ABC1-6A88AC142244]@0 xffffff7f99d1a000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: talagent
Mac OS version:
12E55
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.4.0: Wed May 1 17:57:12 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.24.15~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 896CB1E3-AB79-3DF1-B595-549DFFDF3D36
Kernel slide:     0x0000000019400000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8019600000
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 106796605211
last loaded kext at 24169327860: com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch     75.19 (addr 0xffffff7f9b828000, size 77824)
loaded kexts:
com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard     5.9.1
com.serato.usb.kext     2.3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch     75.19
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor     1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC     1.60
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager     4.1.4f2
com.apple.filesystems.autofs     3.0
com.apple.driver.AGPM     100.12.87
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver     1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver     122
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver     2.3.7fc4
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA     2.3.7fc4
com.apple.GeForce     8.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics     8.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient     3.5.10
com.apple.nvidia.NVDAStartup     8.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver     2.3.7fc4
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothUSBDFU     4.1.4f2
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport     4.1.4f2
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet     1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC     1.0.0
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X     7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight     170.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB     8.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU     2.0.3d0
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl     3.4.5
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl     3.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC     1.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl     1.1.11
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin     1.0.0
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor     3.0.3d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons     237.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver     237.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard     237.1
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver     3.0.1
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com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib     1.0.0d1
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I highly redomend my Samsung 840 pro 256Gb - it's about the fastest drive you'll get (nearly) but is backed by Samsung's unrivaled SSD reliability and 5 year warranty. I've also used an 840 basic model on an older macbook and was equally pleased.
Crucial's drives are reliable mac friendly drives but are somewhat slower on the write speeds vs the 840 Pro.
I'd avoid OCZ drives due to so many failures across their range although they do have great reviews and some models just edge the Pro on speed although it's fairly negligible.
As Clinton says, avoid the Samsung Evo drive. I wanted to buy this drive as it is a great drive - but there are many users that have had compatibility issues with it when installed in a Mac. This may rectified on a future firmware update possibly, but until it's proven I would avoid it for now.

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Good luck.
Consider this a bump so that hopefully someone with better news spots your thread.
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Why does my MacBook Pro freeze?
MacBook Pro
2.4 GHz intel Core2 Duo
4BB 1067 MHz DDR3
OSX 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
I turned it on and I went to safari to look things up. Safari froze and then the whole thing became unresponsive - the mouse could move the cursor but it couldn't open any programmes.
Tried safe boot several times. No help.
Tried to repair disc permissions. The first time it got a little way then said 'user stopped repair' or something - though I didn't touch it. Tried again it got all the way through and said 'repairs complete'. But no help.
Couldn't clear cache etc as couldn't get to the relevant part to do it.
Opened in single user mode. Ran the fsck -fy thing twice. First time it said both “The volume appears to be OK” AND “FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED.” In 2nd run it just said “The volume appears to be OK”. No help.
Booted it up from the Superduper bootable backup version on a USB external drive. It seemed to boot up ok but then tried to click on something and the same thing happened - spinning beach ball and it just hung.
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Cheers
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KaiDonald wrote:
... does Apple products work much better with using Apple routers?
While a genuine Apple router is likely to result in success, the reason for having one instead of another product is that it eliminates a lot of uncertainty. For example, we do not know the model D-Link product you have so no one is in position to speculate what the problem might be. Also, it makes support on this forum easier since there are only three AirPort models to choose from and they all work more or less the same.
Generally speaking your iPods, iPads, MacBooks, and AppleTV ought to work with any router though, provided it is fairly recent and meets accepted industry standards. If in doubt you can purchase an AirPort Base Station, which comes with 90 days of free telephone support. If it does not result in any improvement for you, you can always return it for a complete refund. The return period is 14 days and be sure to keep all material - receipt, box, manuals, etc...
If you elect this option be sure to follow its installation instructions, the most important of which is to power down your modem prior to connecting the AirPort Extreme, Express, or Time Capsule. All your other equipment will need their network settings adjusted to "forget" the D-Link network and connect to the new one.

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Hi,
I have a mid-2009 MacBook Pro (13") with Kingston SSDNow v300 SSD drive with Mavericks OS X installed.
I've noticed from different forums that many users have the same problem that I have: SSD drive's Negotiated Link Speed is only 1,5 Gbps, although MacBook Pro mid-2009 should support 3 Gbps speed.
My system has EFI 1.7 firmware update (MBP55.00AC.B03) installed in and System Info says that 3 Gbps Link Speed should be possible:
NVidia MCP79 AHCI:
Vendor:    NVidia
Product:    MCP79 AHCI
Link Speed:    3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed:    1.5 Gigabit
Physical Interconnect:    SATA
Description:    AHCI Version 1.20 Supported
Many users have tried to reset NVRAM and SMC and I have also done these steps, but with not any improvement.
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One user says that he got 3 Gbps Negotiated Link Speed on Mountain Lion, but after installing Mavericks, speed dropped to 1,5 Gbps (https://discussions.apple.com/message/23549859#23549859).
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If the last option (to buy a new SSD drive) is the only option, would it be wise to look for an older model, a SATA II drive, (maybe OCZ Vertex 2) to get 3 Gbps speed?
Thanks!

Hi
I was just as frustated as you after installing the Kingston v300. I mean it's a solidly built drive with the reliability of kingston (I've been using their RAM for years and years in my desktop PC without problems). Unfortunately, for a the last 3 months I had it in my 2009 unibody white macbook, it was stuck at link speed 1.5.
I've been searching in forums since then without any solution. Even the update for bios is not available for my model.
I just tried the SMC reset after reading the blog.
http://thenextweb.com/lifehacks/2010/12/04/how-when-why-to-reset-the-pram-smc-on -your-mac/#!w3XEY
On reboot, everything seemed faster, so I checked the negotiated link speed and it was at 3 instead of 1.5! Yay! Then I checked the disk transfer speed on Blackmagic Disk speed test and it roughly doubled from 138 to 260MB/s. Now, I'm not going to shutdown or restart...
I hope this post is useful for people like me stuck at 1.5 Gbps speed. Good luck

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i have a macbook pro mid 2009 and yosemite 10.10.2 installed. my bootcamp is 5.1.3 and i cant install windows 7. every time i create the usb installer and restart the mac to install windows the usb installer dont appear. what i do?
I try to make a uefi usb installer but The screen frozen when i click on efi boot

Your Mac has (or used to have) a built-in Optical drive. You need a physical DVD for Windows and a USB2 flash drive for BC drivers. Bootcamp Info.plist modifications cause more problems than they resolve.
Your Mac is also not UEFI compliant, late 2013+ Macs are the first ones to be, so EFI boot will not work.
From the un-modified Bootcamp Info.plist file...
        <array>
                <string>MacBook7</string>
                <string>MacBookAir5</string>
                <string>MacBookPro10</string>
                <string>MacPro5</string>
                <string>Macmini6</string>
                <string>iMac13</string>
        </array>
        <key>PreUSBBootSupportedModels</key>
        <array>
                <string>MacBook7,1</string>
                <string>MacBookAir3,2</string>
                <string>MacBookPro8,3</string>
                <string>MacPro5,1</string>
                <string>Macmini4,1</string>
                <string>iMac12,2</string>
        </array>

No audio after Mountain Lion 10.8.3 update Macbook Pro Mid 2009

A few days ago I downloaded some updates for Mountain Lion on my Macbook Pro Mid 2009. After that there is no sound and internal speakers are not listed as an output device. The startup sound is still working (I would guess it uses the same speakers?) but nothing else makes a sound through the speakers. Also headphones are working. I'm not 100% sure if my OS version vas 10.8.2 before the update or not.
I have tried to input the headphones in and out many times to make sure that no microswitches are stuck. Also I have reset SMC and NVRAM/PRAM and reinstalled Mountain Lion. I even installed Lion (10.7.0) to be sure but it still won't work.
Any help would be appreciated.

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 an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
Keeping your confidential data secure during hardware repair
*An SSD doesn't need to be zeroed.

Macbook Pro Mid 2009 Processor 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Memory 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3. iOS 10.10.1 (14B25). My mac is running slow and have ran EtreCheck. Please help me fix my mac. Thanks!

Macbook Pro Mid 2009 Processor 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Memory 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3. iOS 10.10.1 (14B25). My mac is running slow and have ran EtreCheck. Please help me fix my mac. Thanks!
Problem description:
My mac has been very slow lately. Any suggestions?
EtreCheck version: 2.1.2 (105)
Report generated December 14, 2014 at 8:15:29 PM PST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
2 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 0:54:52
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HTS545016B9SA02 disk0 : (160.04 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
MacHD (disk0s2) / : 159.05 GB (49.15 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Startup Items: ℹ️
DVD3EnablerService: Path: /Library/StartupItems/DVD3EnablerService
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.secd.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist [Details]
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.ctkd.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
[failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.xpc.smd.plist [Details]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[running] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.nds.pcshow.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.nds.pcshow.uninstall.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
None
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
WidevineMediaOptimizer: Version: 6.0.0.12757 - SDK 10.7 [Support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
MacHD: Disk size: 159.05 GB Disk used: 109.90 GB
Destinations:
KINGSTON [Local]
Total size: 30.88 GB
Total number of backups: 0
Oldest backup: -
Last backup: -
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 30.88 GB < (Disk used 109.90 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      6% WindowServer
      0% AppleSpell
      0% SystemUIServer
      0% powerd
      0% Google Chrome
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
131 MB softwareupdated
112 MB Google Chrome
41 MB Finder
34 MB Google Chrome Helper
32 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
51 MB Free RAM
587 MB Active RAM
551 MB Inactive RAM
350 MB Wired RAM
10.96 GB Page-ins
865 MB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Dec 14, 2014, 07:37:58 PM Install Adobe Flash Player_2014-12-14-193758_[redacted].crash
Dec 14, 2014, 07:21:27 PM Self test - passed

Please describe the problem in as much relevant detail as possible. The "etrecheck" fad hasn't made that step any less necessary. The usual results of posting etrecheck output on this site without a full description of the problem are very poor.
The many "failed" warnings that etrecheck sometimes spews mean nothing. Those warnings are not a reason to reinstall the OS, or to do anything else at all. They should be ignored.
The better your description of the problem, the better the chance of a solution.
For example, if the computer is slow, which specific actions are slow? Is it slow all the time, or only sometimes? What changes did you make, if any, just before it became slow? Have you seen any alerts or error messages? Have you done anything to try to fix it? Most importantly, do you have a current backup of all data? If the answer to the last question is "no," back up now. Ask if you need guidance. Do nothing else until you have a backup.

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