Before today, I only had a MBP for about 2 weeks last month before I returned it in anticipation of the refresh. I do not recall it making this noise. What is happening when I turn on the new one is that it makes 2 higher pitched buzzing noises immediately followed by two lower pitched grinding noises. I've shut it down and started it back up a few times to see if anything has changed, but it's the same every time. Is this normal? If not, I'll take it back to Apple tomorrow. Thanks.
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Should new MBP make buzzing & grinding noise when turned on?
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Oh yeah your MacBook's grinding so hard 😀
Seriously though, the sound is completely normal. It's the optical drive doing something like starting to spin up or checking to see if there's a disc inside.
LMAO! Buzzing and grinding, oh yeah!
Thanks for the answers people. I feel much better now. phew!
Chupa Chupa
macrumors G5
If the optical drive is empty then no. If that is the case could be a bad inverter. If this is a new machine take it back & get a new one. The only sound you should hear is the fans and maybe the HD spinning.
murdercitydevil
macrumors 68000
Every slot-load drive Mac I've owned has done this.
Annoying.. I never really use the slot drive. If I disabled this and had a disc inside when I booted it, what would happen?
When there is a DVD inside.. and when I try to lift the laptop, I get some noise.
Otherwise, my MBP is so damn silent. 😛
Otherwise, my MBP is so damn silent. 😛
is there any solution to this?
my MBP didnt do it the first time i switched it on but now it does!
my MBP didnt do it the first time i switched it on but now it does!
There is no "solution" to this as it isn't a problem, it's just the optical drive checking for a disk, nothing more.
It probably did do it the first time you booted it up, you probably just didn't notice.
