When I scroll up or down, the internal speaker on my Mac Pro makes a really rapid ticking sound. Same happens on my PowerBook. Muting sound doesn't change it, nor does increasing or decreasing volume. Anybody else notice this?
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Ticking while scrolling
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Are you sure it's the speaker? In some applications, especially Dreamweaver, when I do anything in them I hear a very subtle, rapid ticking. I have assumed that this is some sort of I/O with the hardware - it's definitely NOT coming through the speakers, and it's only on a few applications.
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Sounds like the standard sort of power supply/audio glitch feedback that Apple is famous for. Siracusa has an excellent article on the issue.
Interesting! The ticking does sound like a really quiet version of the infuriating sound my computer makes when thinking about anything more than idle.
I thought it was a lousy fan, and it's driving me up the wall. If my computer was less than 14 days old I would return it and get my money back. I will need to do some digging and see if there is any way to fix this.
I thought it was a lousy fan, and it's driving me up the wall. If my computer was less than 14 days old I would return it and get my money back. I will need to do some digging and see if there is any way to fix this.