iMac - Funny Noise?

avroncotton · avroncotton #1 (**permalink**)

05-16-2006, 01:48 AM

I have a G5: Recently it has been freezing on software quite a bit and has been making noises from inside. A noise like a fast ticking clock. Has anyone come across this and should I be worried?

Tony

Say_Cheese · Say_Cheese #2 (**permalink**)

05-16-2006, 04:14 AM

Can't say that I have come acros anything like this yet with my Intel iMac 20"

tzztmm · tzztmm #3 (**permalink**)

05-16-2006, 02:36 PM

Here's my noise:

iMac G5 20" does a chirping noise

Does your noise sound like the same?

Logan · Logan #4 (**permalink**)

05-16-2006, 03:10 PM

It's a bomb!

Just kidding.

How old is the box? if it's not extremely new (year+ usually) the freeze up *may* be hard drive related. You can figure that out with a disk scanning program, monitoring where the freeze ups occur (randomly ? at the same instance?) and various other observations.

The sound too, could be most likely:

vid card fan, CPU fan, power supply fan (or the internals of a power supply), hard drive, media drive (CDrom, floppy etc) there isn't a ton of "sound" generating parts in a computer.

I'm at work so if I remember to hear the sound when I get home, I may be able to give you a less generic resolution.

Logan · Logan #5 (**permalink**)

05-19-2006, 02:37 AM

Listening to the clip:

Fan.
Get into the inside and maybe get a Ozone blower, spray the fan with it (safely) and it may take out the debree portion.

nothing else would make that constant of a sound

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avroncotton #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 05, 2005 Posts: 24	05-16-2006, 01:48 AM I have a G5: Recently it has been freezing on software quite a bit and has been making noises from inside. A noise like a fast ticking clock. Has anyone come across this and should I be worried? Tony
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Say_Cheese #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 17, 2006 Location: High Wycombe, Just outside London, England Posts: 385 Mac Specs: 20" iMac 2.0Ghz, 2Gb RAM Early 2006, 30Gb iPod 5th Gen. 15" MacBookPro, 2.33GHz	05-16-2006, 04:14 AM Can't say that I have come acros anything like this yet with my Intel iMac 20"
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Logan #4 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	05-16-2006, 03:10 PM It's a bomb! Just kidding. How old is the box? if it's not extremely new (year+ usually) the freeze up may be hard drive related. You can figure that out with a disk scanning program, monitoring where the freeze ups occur (randomly ? at the same instance?) and various other observations. The sound too, could be most likely: vid card fan, CPU fan, power supply fan (or the internals of a power supply), hard drive, media drive (CDrom, floppy etc) there isn't a ton of "sound" generating parts in a computer. I'm at work so if I remember to hear the sound when I get home, I may be able to give you a less generic resolution.
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Logan #5 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	05-19-2006, 02:37 AM Listening to the clip: Fan. Get into the inside and maybe get a Ozone blower, spray the fan with it (safely) and it may take out the debree portion. nothing else would make that constant of a sound
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