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27" iMac Hum Resolved
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<blockquote data-quote="David60137" data-source="post: 1618655" data-attributes="member: 337274"><p><strong>Same problem...different solution.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks, George. A simple and elegant solution. </p><p></p><p>Just like Vegas George's original post, my Sweetheart said she couldn't work on the new 27" iMac because of an annoying hum. I read this thread and followed the "felt pad under the iMac" advice, but the hum didn't go away. </p><p></p><p>One of the posts, maybe it was George, said the hum went away the moment the device was lifted from the desk surface. When I lifted my Seagate 1T Backup drive, also sitting on the desk right behind the computer, the hum disappeared. Yes! A double thickness of medium felt pad, the kind you put under furniture legs and found at all hardware stores, did the trick perfectly. I took the pad from under the Mac and the hum was still gone.</p><p></p><p>So, if you've got a hum and it's not your computer, don't give up. Look around. What else could be using your desk surface like the skin on a snare drum and converting small vibrations into annoying sound? A little exploration can pays off in ways.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="David60137, post: 1618655, member: 337274"] [b]Same problem...different solution.[/b] Thanks, George. A simple and elegant solution. Just like Vegas George's original post, my Sweetheart said she couldn't work on the new 27" iMac because of an annoying hum. I read this thread and followed the "felt pad under the iMac" advice, but the hum didn't go away. One of the posts, maybe it was George, said the hum went away the moment the device was lifted from the desk surface. When I lifted my Seagate 1T Backup drive, also sitting on the desk right behind the computer, the hum disappeared. Yes! A double thickness of medium felt pad, the kind you put under furniture legs and found at all hardware stores, did the trick perfectly. I took the pad from under the Mac and the hum was still gone. So, if you've got a hum and it's not your computer, don't give up. Look around. What else could be using your desk surface like the skin on a snare drum and converting small vibrations into annoying sound? A little exploration can pays off in ways. [/QUOTE]
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