Mac Mini - 2 days old and possible fault

Rottie · Feb 16, 2010

Hi all,

I purchased a Mac Mini two days ago, from a reseller in Tottenham Court Road, for £495, instead of the RRP of £510, because they price matched a competitor.

Now, for some weird reason, the Mini's started making a pop noise, just tonight and it happens approximately once every 90 seconds, then after another 5s or so it will pop again, then stay silent for 90 seconds.

Also, when I checked permissions earlier I got the following:

Code:

Verify permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Permissions differ on "usr/share/derby", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent" has been modified and will not be repaired.

Permissions verification complete

Now, as far as I'm aware, there's no user called "derby" and the Mini was new and sealed, when I got it.
Perhaps this unit was a customer return that was re-packaged?

Either way, I think I'm going to insist on a new unit tomorrow. :Evil:

Rottie · Feb 16, 2010

Okay, here's an update..
Before I'd posted the above, the popping problem persisted through one restart and two shut downs.
Immediately after I'd posted, I shut the Mini down and left it 2-3 mins before I powered it up again.
When I powered it up again, it popped once and it occured to me, that when the popping started, I was in facebook and there was music playing from that, so (lightbulb moment here - they don't happen often!) I let a couple of tracks play via itunes and now there's no popping, whatsoever.

Although, I will keep my eye on it, in case the problem sneaks back.

I am still baffled by the "usr/share/derby" thing, though - Although I can reinstall SL from the recovery media, if need be, but it's not something I'd expect on a new unit.

StingMe · Feb 16, 2010

Rottie said:
I am still baffled by the "usr/share/derby" thing, though - Although I can reinstall SL from the recovery media, if need be, but it's not something I'd expect on a new unit.

Don't worry about the Derby reference: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10685588

Rottie · Feb 16, 2010

StingMe said:
Don't worry about the Derby reference: Apple - Support - Discussions - Disk Utility Error after most recent ...

Thanks for that link, StingMe - It makes an interesting read.
It's a shame that Apple still haven't gotten around to fixing that bug yet, though.

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