OKAY! THAT'S IT! What IS THAT NOISE?

My MacBook makes that noise when I do something that the computer cannot register. I cannot think of a specific example right now. There is nothing wrong with my computer.

I am just wondering if it is a product of something that Apple turned on, or added, or if it should have been doing that all along and that is why my barring went to poop.

Could it be the hard drive starting up? Mine makes a similar noise whenever I’m either a) just starting it up or b) making it “think” after a lengthy downtime. It also does it at intervals when I’m not using it, but it’s on.

Of course, my zipp-ping-ping-beep could be a totally different zipp-ping-ping-beep than yours.

True. I am trying to gather as much info and options as possible, that way I may be able to recreate it for the guys at Apple Store.

The fans or the harddrive. It might also be the speakers, but i guess you checked that allready. Does this happen often?

It seems to only be happening when the Air gets super hot. I noticed something else, too. I don’t hear the fan come on at full strength, as it did before the repair. This could be because it was never supposed to be that loud, or, that might be the reason for the noise. I continue to study this odd, annoying noise.

EDIT: It’s really more like a screeching noise, really fast and really loud, like a HDD actually crashing and driving the heads into the disk, but faster and shorter.

Download speedfan :D Monitor your temp and see when it’s making that noise.

@chelseababyy:
Unfortunately I have a Mac, and the only emulation software I am using is CrossOver, which hates running any app that isn’t a game. I still gave lurve for the response though!

speedfan isnt the only software, there is something else for OS X, Fan Control i dont think it will be the fan though, it might be the hard drive.

I really think it is the fan, because it only happens when the computer gets hot and the sound comes from the exact area the main fan is located, and the one that threw the barring. That is why I am thinking that Apple forgot to remove some tape or didn’t add some tape, or something, causing it to shriek like that.

Awe well thank you. And yeah, that happened to me with my desktop (not a mac tho) checking the temp and fan speed helped. I swear my comp almost melted. I shut it off, cleaned the LINT out of both fans, left the case off and had my box fan on and facing the comp. It shuttup after that.

Oh and it wasn’t exactly my comp that did this. It was my boyfriends while he was away for work. He’s lucky I’m smart and maybe a little bit 1337, haaaa.

Tell them to do what you do with it to replicate the issue. If they won’t do that, take it right up on the chain to management. If it’s under warranty it’s the Apple Store “Geniuses” responsibility to fix it and make it like it was without the noise.