Why do my new MDD's sound like jets taking off?

outsideroutsider
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I just got 2 new 1.25GHz Duals and they will be booting OS 9 for now until Quark and Microsoft get off their keister and deliver some native software. But every once in a while (8-10 times an hour) they make this blowing noise so loud, people from many cubes away come to see that the fuss is about. I didn't think this was normal until I set up the other one exactly the same way and it does the same thing.



What the hell? The people these things are going to cannot work like this. I've set up every manner of powermac and none have ever made as much noise. Maybe if I got 50 of them together. Is this normal?
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  • Reply 1 of 40
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    I'm just wondering, what are you waiting for from Microsoft?
  • Reply 2 of 40
    altivec_2.0altivec_2.0 Posts: 995member
    What your proably hearing is the Fans kicking into (Turbo). Happens to me all the time. I think to me it sounds like power!!
  • Reply 3 of 40
    overhopeoverhope Posts: 1,123member
    According to <a href="http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20021028073945932#comments"; target="_blank">this story on Macfixit</a> there's a problem with the hardware: word is they're going to swap faulty motherboards under warranty.



    Kiss the profits goodbye from the the MDDs, then... <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
  • Reply 4 of 40
    kiu77kiu77 Posts: 68member
    The real underlying reason is:

    Not microsoft makes this extremley loud Macs, it's Apple. The airflow design of these boxes is almost laughable. For ex.: The "turbo" main fan uses its 20 watts of electrical power up to 90% for stiring up the air inside instead of cooling. It's like an electircal shortcut.

    Only a little part of the air is flowing through the heat sink.

    I've never seen such a silly thing before. Every cheap PC is designed better than this construction.



    Shame on apples engineers and quality control!

    I would really really like to discuss this with SJ

    or like what he would say to this fault!
  • Reply 5 of 40
    bsharpbsharp Posts: 64member
    [quote] According to this story on Macfixit there's a problem with the hardware: word is they're going to swap faulty motherboards under warranty.

    <hr></blockquote>



    Personally, I hope you're right. As a stockholder, I hope you are wrong.



    However, I hate the noise from my dual 1Ghz ddr Mac. If Apple released a faster iMac, I would be very tempted to sell this noisy box on eBay and try the iMac. I've owned Macintosh computers since 1984. The noise level of this one has been my greatest disappointment (including owning one of the original Newtons).
  • Reply 6 of 40
    quaremquarem Posts: 254member
    I'm surprised to hear all the fuss about the fans. I own one of the new Dual 1 GHz models and I can't say that it is any louder then my single processor 867.



    Two of my friends also picked up the new DP 1 GHz and neither of their machines are any louder. This may be a problem that is only affecting "some" machines.
  • Reply 7 of 40
    dual867dual867 Posts: 31member
    I don't mean to nit-pick or anything, but how many times has this already come up???



    This issue has been beaten to death over the past couple months. Yes, they are loud. No, people are not happy about this. Yes Apple should offer a replacement motherboard if this will fix the problem.



    We've made our point, now lets move on people!!



    -Dual 867
  • Reply 8 of 40
    outsideroutsider Posts: 6,008member
    [quote]Originally posted by EmAn:

    <strong>I'm just wondering, what are you waiting for from Microsoft?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    F-ing Outlook (Exchange support).
  • Reply 9 of 40
    mrmistermrmister Posts: 1,095member
    That's interesting--everything I've been reading on macintouch pegs it as a support for OS9 problem, as in "they ain't doin' it so much anymore"...thus causing them not to have spent a lot of time parsing how to make the fans run properly and quietly under 9.



    Check the reports there--some people claim that is Apple's position on the matter.
  • Reply 10 of 40
    amorphamorph Posts: 7,112member
    The problem does only occur when you're running OS 9, or when you're running the machine in a boiler room.



    According to MacFixIt, Apple is acknowledging this as a problem, and offering to swap motherboards (as stated upthread). I'd trust them over MacInTouch reader reports on this matter, frankly. it seems like you should only have to do it if you're booted into OS 9 a fair amount of the time, which should limit the damage to Apple's bottom line, but I can see a lot of people taking Apple up on the swap just to be safe.



    After all, that fan is only supposed to come on when the machine is in danger of overheating.



    [ 10-28-2002: Message edited by: Amorph ]



    [ 10-28-2002: Message edited by: Amorph ]</p>
  • Reply 11 of 40
    kiu77kiu77 Posts: 68member
    So...

    Because Apple is ignorant to this problem and does only cosmetic changes (the little quieter in OS9)

    and

    the community mostly behaves like "all is ok what is called a mac"

    I now have decided to switch.

    But from Apple to PC

    where I can get bad boxes for about half the price.

    This after buying 18 Macs personally and more than 100 for other people.

    So this will cost Apple some $ in the future.

    I just keep my iBook becaus it ist worth its price.
  • Reply 12 of 40
    daveleedavelee Posts: 245member
    I would be more inclined to believe the threads on Apple's discussion boards that any remedy would be an upgrade to the firmware. I sincerely doubt that Apple would offer a complete motherboard replacement without some form of warranty problem.
  • Reply 13 of 40
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    If you want a quick fix, buy the Thermaltake 2-speed fans with their own thermo sensors, and hook them into the drive power.



    $25 for two fans, should be enough.
  • Reply 14 of 40
    g-newsg-news Posts: 1,107member
    Thank god, Apple indirectly got us rid of kiu77.

    I know the problem, but only under OS 9 after a restart. then again, who uses OS 9 these days



    G-News
  • Reply 15 of 40
    rsguntherrsgunther Posts: 26member
    I have read a bunch of these reports about the fan noise all over the net. Some people are very furious about it. It sounds like apple is going to fix the problem, I recommend continuing to contact customer care & advising them that you are very unsatisified. I am sure in the long run they will rectify this issue.
  • Reply 16 of 40
    outsideroutsider Posts: 6,008member
    [quote]Originally posted by Amorph:

    <strong>The problem does only occur when you're running OS 9, or when you're running the machine in a boiler room.



    According to MacFixIt, Apple is acknowledging this as a problem, and offering to swap motherboards (as stated upthread). I'd trust them over MacInTouch reader reports on this matter, frankly. it seems like you should only have to do it if you're booted into OS 9 a fair amount of the time, which should limit the damage to Apple's bottom line, but I can see a lot of people taking Apple up on the swap just to be safe.



    After all, that fan is only supposed to come on when the machine is in danger of overheating.



    [ 10-28-2002: Message edited by: Amorph ]



    [ 10-28-2002: Message edited by: Amorph ]</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Aw Christ, say it ain't so! I don't have time to wait on switching out motherboards. I'll be on the look out for an OS 9 fix but it seems unlikely...
  • Reply 17 of 40
    outsideroutsider Posts: 6,008member
    In the meantime i made Apple aware of my problem. I'm crossing my fingers.
  • Reply 18 of 40
    kiu77kiu77 Posts: 68member
    Hi Gnews!



    What have I done that you are so full of hate?



    All I can tell you is. It would be no pity to get rid

    of any contact to such personally agressive posts...



    I'm really disappointed 'cause I know Swiss people

    as very kind and friendly people.

    Maybe you're to young but I deeply want to tell you

    that I find find this sort of post disgusting.

    Has nothing to do with "netiquette".

    Think oft this!
  • Reply 19 of 40
    g-newsg-news Posts: 1,107member
    Pardon me, but I was and am just totally fed up by reading the same story from you over and over and over again. I can accept that some people think the MDDs are too noisy, I myself think so from time to time, but you won't see me crying about it in every single thread that offers a good opportunity to state it AGAIN, that you are deeply unsatisfied with your machine, that others would sacrifice limbs to have, especially as we are a: not to blame for it and b: can't do a shit about it either.

    And now your decision to switch to the PC world only strengthens the impression that you're just one of these whiny bitches that you usually see hanging around the IMG forums or GameRanger, even if you could probably be their father.

    So I'm very sorry to have dissapointed you as a "friendly Swiss guy" (generalisations never work, btw, I bet you know that as good as I do, so leave me alone with that "THE Swiss are blablabla", there's no such thing as THE Swiss.), but I have a very hard time enjoying people's posts who repeat the same statement over and over again, like a nagging kid that wants a sweet at all cost. We can't provide you with that sweet (in your case a silent stock MDD PowerMac), so stop repeating yourself and we may actually find another topic that is more interesting and that does not make anyone angry at anyone else.



    If you can't stop complaining, at least complain with Apple, not with the users.



    Thanks,



    G-News
  • Reply 20 of 40
    kiu77kiu77 Posts: 68member
    @ G-News



    You say "pardon me" just to go on insulting me ("whiny bitch" etc.



    Good style. Good character.



    ----

    What G-news does'nt understand, is that he seems to be a fundimentalist Apple Quaker, with low social skills...



    -----

    Enough tit for tat. I stop responsing to you. No matter what type of insulting me you will try.

    And I go on posting what I think of is of importance.

    Wthout to be leave. Especially from you.

    Stop.
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