Very light humming beeping noise barely noticeable

hoochrulez55 · Jan 3, 2013, 08:56 PM

My macbook makes a humming (light beeping) when being used. Its hardly noticeable, but its coming from the top left of the keyboard (right where the RAM is) it doesnt do it when the computer is in sleep mode. Can someone tell me what this is? Is it harming my machine? Anything need to be replaced? Im replacing the stock RAM myself, with an 8 GB kit soon when it comes in the mail. Will that fix it? Im a noob when it comes to technical computer things. Thanks in advance, Hooch p.s. im really hoping its not the hard drive... Hopefully someone knows whats up.

hoochrulez55 · Jan 3, 2013, 10:01 PM

I ram memtest and results are: ok. Maybe its just the ram running?

throAU · Jan 3, 2013, 10:55 PM

Could be the hard drive spinning noise being pushed out of the vent on the top of the machine - or perhaps some electrical inteference picked up and fed through your speakers?

Ram doesn't generally make noise...

hoochrulez55 · Jan 3, 2013, 11:58 PM

I see. Ya it could be the first thing u described. I ran disk utility and everything is ok. Wish me luck on my 8 gb ram upgrade n im also gona swap out a battery

Jan 3, 2013, 08:56 PM	#1
hoochrulez55 macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: ontario canada	Very light humming beeping noise barely noticeable My macbook makes a humming (light beeping) when being used. Its hardly noticeable, but its coming from the top left of the keyboard (right where the RAM is) it doesnt do it when the computer is in sleep mode. Can someone tell me what this is? Is it harming my machine? Anything need to be replaced? Im replacing the stock RAM myself, with an 8 GB kit soon when it comes in the mail. Will that fix it? Im a noob when it comes to technical computer things. Thanks in advance, Hooch p.s. im really hoping its not the hard drive... Hopefully someone knows whats up.
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Jan 3, 2013, 10:55 PM	#3
throAU macrumors 68020 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Perth, Western Australia	Could be the hard drive spinning noise being pushed out of the vent on the top of the machine - or perhaps some electrical inteference picked up and fed through your speakers? Ram doesn't generally make noise... __________________ MBP (early 2011) - Core i7 2720 2.2ghz, Hires Glossy, 16GB, Seagate Momentus XT 750GB Mac Mini (mid 2007) - Core2 Duo 1.8, 2gb, 320gb 7200 rpm iPhone 4S, iPad 4
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Jan 3, 2013, 10:01 PM	#2
hoochrulez55 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: ontario canada	I ram memtest and results are: ok. Maybe its just the ram running?
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Jan 3, 2013, 11:58 PM	#4
hoochrulez55 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: ontario canada	I see. Ya it could be the first thing u described. I ran disk utility and everything is ok. Wish me luck on my 8 gb ram upgrade n im also gona swap out a battery
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