Strange issue with internal speakers on iMac?

[brkwrn]

A year ago next month I bought the best iMac on the market at the time, as souped up as it could possibly be. I have not had any problems with it until now.

Last night, my computer began suffering an incredibly strange problem with the internal speakers (I don't own any external ones). It all began when I opened GarageBand: noise was suddenly 10x louder, I tried to turn the volume down and the clicks that usually sound off when I work the volume were not only louder, but different clicks. The only way I could stop the jarringly loud noises was to mute the computer entirely. When I exited out of GarageBand, everything returned to normal.

I thought that was the end of the problem until today. I was on Youtube watching a music video, and in the midst of changing my status on Yahoo messenger, I heard another extremely loud click noises. These clicks don't sound like they're coming from some kind of malfunction in the computer. They sound like the computer actually means to make this sound, like it's stored in the computer's library of sounds. That went away, but the volume was again messed up. It was way too loud and in between turning it down, the volume suddenly disappeared altogether! Without being muted, my computer was not making any noise, although the music video should have still been playing. Only time seemed to solve the problem, as the sound later returned (I exited messenger and re-opened it as I had exited GarageBand--but I wasn't sure if this is what caused the sound to return).

This is the weirdest thing. Any ideas? 🙁

 

[guydude193]

Restarts usually fix all of your Mac's hardware-related problems.
My internal speakers started to get all screwy when I used GarageBand a few times, but a simple restart fixed it for good. 🙂

 

[brkwrn]

Eep.

Should I feel like an idiot for not having tried that? Because I do. 😱

Out of all of the things I tried, a simple restart never crossed my mind.

Thanks! 😀

I'll try it and post a response on this thread just to be sure.

 

[guydude193]

Nope. But all my hardware related issues (save for the dust in my screen) have been fixed with simple restarts. It's an invaluable tip in the Mac-addicts problem attacking arsenal.

 

[gatepc]

A year ago next month I bought the best iMac on the market at the time, as souped up as it could possibly be. I have not had any problems with it until now.

Last night, my computer began suffering an incredibly strange problem with the internal speakers (I don't own any external ones). It all began when I opened GarageBand: noise was suddenly 10x louder, I tried to turn the volume down and the clicks that usually sound off when I work the volume were not only louder, but different clicks. The only way I could stop the jarringly loud noises was to mute the computer entirely. When I exited out of GarageBand, everything returned to normal.

I thought that was the end of the problem until today. I was on Youtube watching a music video, and in the midst of changing my status on Yahoo messenger, I heard another extremely loud click noises. These clicks don't sound like they're coming from some kind of malfunction in the computer. They sound like the computer actually means to make this sound, like it's stored in the computer's library of sounds. That went away, but the volume was again messed up. It was way too loud and in between turning it down, the volume suddenly disappeared altogether! Without being muted, my computer was not making any noise, although the music video should have still been playing. Only time seemed to solve the problem, as the sound later returned (I exited messenger and re-opened it as I had exited GarageBand--but I wasn't sure if this is what caused the sound to return).

This is the weirdest thing. Any ideas? 🙁

I don't know but if I was you I would take it into an apple store and have them look at it before your warrantee runs out next month ( unless you got the 3 year warrantee that is )