iMac - Loud buzzing from new Intel iMac 20"

davelawrence80 · davelawrence80 #1 (**permalink**)

10-10-2007, 04:19 AM

Just bought my first Mac, a new Intel iMac, 2.4Ghz, 20", 1GB RAM.

It intermittently buzzes like crazy. Can't tie it down to particularly high levels of CPU usage.. but the strangest thing is, after a while if I gently rock the screen backwards and forwards, it seems to make it quieter.

Other times it's just not there at all.

How worried should I be about this problem - and if I decide that I'm not going to put up with it - what's the typical procedure from Apple? Replacement? Or do I have to go without my computer for days on end?

.:ace:. · .:ace:. #2 (**permalink**)

10-10-2007, 04:33 AM

i had exactly the same thing on my 24in imac g5.

i took it back to apple and they exchanged it same day.

v happy with my new silent imac

giulio · giulio #3 (**permalink**)

10-10-2007, 07:49 AM

Was a cd/dvd in the drive?

mac57 · mac57 #4 (**permalink**)

10-10-2007, 10:20 AM

Sounds like a poorly seated or defective fan to me - I would take it back.

Cherokee · Cherokee #5 (**permalink**)

10-10-2007, 07:07 PM

Definitely take it back. You didn't shell out major bucks to have a noisy computer.

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Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,547 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, 120 GB SSD, 500 GB HDD	10-10-2007, 10:20 AM Sounds like a poorly seated or defective fan to me - I would take it back. My Macs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, Power Macintosh 7500/100 My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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Cherokee #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 19, 2007 Location: USA Posts: 512	10-10-2007, 07:07 PM Definitely take it back. You didn't shell out major bucks to have a noisy computer. iMac - 2.4 C2D - 4GB RAM \| MacBook - 2.0 C2D - 2GB RAM \| AirPort Extreme Base Station
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davelawrence80 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 10, 2007 Posts: 1	10-10-2007, 04:19 AM Just bought my first Mac, a new Intel iMac, 2.4Ghz, 20", 1GB RAM. It intermittently buzzes like crazy. Can't tie it down to particularly high levels of CPU usage.. but the strangest thing is, after a while if I gently rock the screen backwards and forwards, it seems to make it quieter. Other times it's just not there at all. How worried should I be about this problem - and if I decide that I'm not going to put up with it - what's the typical procedure from Apple? Replacement? Or do I have to go without my computer for days on end?
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.:ace:. #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 10, 2007 Posts: 1	10-10-2007, 04:33 AM i had exactly the same thing on my 24in imac g5. i took it back to apple and they exchanged it same day. v happy with my new silent imac
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