MBP 16 - wow that coil whine / buzzing

[happyhippo1337]

Has anyone else already gotten their MBP 16 and found it to be excessively loud? Not talking about the fans, but the infamous hissing and creaking from the SSD / CPU? Especially when plugged in.
I can kind of mitigate the issue by disabling Turbo Boost and File Vault, but this is just on another level.

 

[Hakiroto]

While I don't have my 16" yet, I can say that when I first got my 15" it was making all kinds of whining noises for a few days but they eventually just stopped. Anecdotal, I know, but it was my experience.

 

[ascender]

There's a thread on it here...

clicky link

I noticed it on my 16" during initial setup but not since.

 

[bsbeamer]

Mods - please combine with this thread, same reports:

PSA: Coil Whine on MBP 16

Just got the stock 2.6GHz model and noticed coil whine while the system is booting, and when clicking buttons in System Preferences. This is after the Catalina 10.15.1 Supplemental Update was applied which specifically addresses issues with this model. I don't have time at the moment to...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[maflynn]

[MOD NOTE]
Please join the discussion in the linked thread above.