OT strange noises

2019-03-22 Thread David J Brooks
Just tossing this out there to see if there is any solutions to my strange problem. A few months ago i started to hear noises in my computer room that at first oi attributed to outside bird activity, upon closer earzamination these noises were coming from my iMac. I get two types, first one sounds

Re: OT strange noises

2019-03-22 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I think your iMac is haunted. Didn't you read The Ghost in the Machine? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 10:55 AM David J Brooks wrote: > Just tossing this out there to see if there is any solutions to my > strange problem. > > A few months

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2019-03-22 Thread Mark Roberts
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2019-03-22 Thread John
Just a SWAG, but it might have dust build up inside. That's what I'd expect from a Windoze machine with those symptoms. If it was a Windoze machine, I'd suggest opening it up and vacuuming it out. With an iMac, you're probably going to need to take it to an authorized Apple service provider.

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2019-03-22 Thread lrc
Depending on the Mac, sooner of them you can open up. You can also try blowing canned air through the vents On March 22, 2019 9:27:56 AM PDT, John wrote: >Just a SWAG, but it might have dust build up inside. That's what I'd >expect from >a Windoze machine with those symptoms. If it was a Windoz

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2019-03-22 Thread Bulent Celasun
My guess is accumulated dust within a rotating part, most likely a fan. Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://w

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2019-03-22 Thread Steve Sharpe
At 9:50 PM +0300 3/22/19, Bulent Celasun wrote: My guess is accumulated dust within a rotating part, most likely a fan. Or the fan could be running excessively trying to keep things cool. Dust is a great insulator. I shoot canned air into my old iMac's innards through the cooling vents and sl

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2019-03-22 Thread mike wilson
> On 22 March 2019 at 14:54 David J Brooks wrote: > > > Just tossing this out there to see if there is any solutions to my > strange problem. > > A few months ago i started to hear noises in my computer room that at > first oi attributed to outside bird activity, upon closer > earzamination t

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2019-03-22 Thread Bob Pdml
You've probably got some Canada geese stuck inside the computer and they can't talk clearly into the mike to let you know, because it's a bit cramped in there. If you leave the computer in a bath full of water for a couple of days the geese will drown and you won't hear the noises any more. B

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2019-03-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Pdml wrote: >You've probably got some Canada geese stuck inside the computer and they can't >talk clearly into the mike to let you know, because it's a bit cramped in >there. > >If you leave the computer in a bath full of water for a couple of days the >geese will drown and you won't hear t

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2019-03-22 Thread John
On 3/22/2019 17:28:27, Mark Roberts wrote: Bob Pdml wrote: You've probably got some Canada geese stuck inside the computer and they can't talk clearly into the mike to let you know, because it's a bit cramped in there. If you leave the computer in a bath full of water for a couple of days the

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2019-03-23 Thread mike wilson
Suggesting that any Apple product is big enough for even a single Canada goose to hide in probably warrants a visit from the Apple intafada to, er, adjust your attitude. I agre with your suggested cure for most Apple ills, however. I believe the technical term is dunking. > On 22 March 2019

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2019-03-23 Thread Henk Terhell
First take a picture of it for coming PUG. Op 2019-03-22 om 22:09 schreef Bob Pdml: You've probably got some Canada geese stuck inside the computer and they can't talk clearly into the mike to let you know, because it's a bit cramped in there. If you leave the computer in a bath full of water

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2019-03-23 Thread mike wilson
Heson Blumenthal would probably pay a substantial sum for a picture of an apple stuffed with a goose. > On 23 March 2019 at 07:43 Henk Terhell wrote: > > > First take a picture of it for coming PUG. > > Op 2019-03-22 om 22:09 schreef Bob Pdml: > > You've probably got some Canada geese stuck i

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2019-03-25 Thread P. J. Alling
Description sounds like fan noise to me.   Probably just needs dust removal, could need fan replacement.  The only other thing I could think of would be bearing failure, which could be a hard drive, which is infinity worse. On 3/22/2019 10:54 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Just tossing this out th