Nivida whitebook making crackling noises on bbc site ...

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hi,

when I was browsing the BBC website . I happened upon the front page and could hear a crackling sound, eventually after looking round the room for about 5 minutes I realized it was the macbook.

When the news page 'scroller' at the top types its news story out in a tika tape kinda way that is when the crackling noise happens .

does this make sense ? is my macbook faulty ? ..does it take soo much power to perform this function as to make my macbookCPU crackle ?

the noise is coming from approx the center of the notebook and is quiet(ish) but audible enough

anyone have any ideas ?

link to the site is below , you'll see the words scrolling across the screen at the top which then creates a clickable link to a news story :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/

 

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..... it happens at the end of youtube videos too.....when they flash up new videos to go watch and keep on bringing new ones up each few seconds .

please help

is my mac dying ?

 

[andalusia]

Since my nVidia Whitebook doesn't do this, I think it's safe for me to say your laptop is unwell

 

[stridemat]

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/antipop-cures-portable-macs-snap-crackle-pop-syndrome/

Hopefully this may help sort it out, apparently its a problem with some macbook sound cards.

 

[Buskape]

You should pay a visit to an Apple Store to get your soundcard changed.

 

[NewMacbookPlz]

You should pay a visit to an Apple Store to get your soundcard changed.

In other words, a new logic board =\

There's no discrete "sound card" in most laptops.

 

[marbles]

Hi guys, thanks for the responses but this isnt a sound from the speakers and/or headphones.

this comes from within the MB itself, I have got exceptional hearing I'm told

.....am I just hearing the sound of the CPU working ?

 

[NewMacbookPlz]

Hi guys, thanks for the responses but this isnt a sound from the speakers and/or headphones.

this comes from within the MB itself, I have got exceptional hearing I'm told

.....am I just hearing the sound of the CPU working ?

Most likely then...

 

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hmmm, something else I've noticed that's kinda weird , is when I log into this site , the browser window flashes quickly 2 or 3 times , and then I'm logged in, happened on a couple other sites as well, ....something to do with th graphics card/software drivers maybe ? or the site software?

any ideas ?