Ticking while scrolling

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  1. morse, Oct 22, 2007

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    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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  2. astrostu, Oct 22, 2007

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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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  3. Nugget, Oct 22, 2007

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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.
     
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  4. WildPalms, Oct 22, 2007

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    I've heard of this exact same thing happening... just trying to find where I saw it.
     
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  5. morse, Oct 23, 2007

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    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.
     
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