iMac Intel noisy - help.
I've had my Intel iMac for about a month now and been loving it, especially how quiet it was, until yesterday. Before I couldn't hear any noise from it except when it was burning cds/dvds, now there's a constant humming which seems to be coming from the bottom (chin) area (fans?). It's not at all loud. Is this normal, and I just didn't notice it before?
The only thing I've changed recently is install the keyboard update. Seems strang,e as it is constant from the moment I boot up to shut down, even when I don't have any apps running and the back is cold to touch. The back used to get warm but I never noticed the fans (humming).
Please, any advice would be great.
HS
The only thing I've changed recently is install the keyboard update. Seems strang,e as it is constant from the moment I boot up to shut down, even when I don't have any apps running and the back is cold to touch. The back used to get warm but I never noticed the fans (humming).
Please, any advice would be great.
HS
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Many users, I've read, are reporting *after* the Keyboard Update, they get the "whine" which was (previous to keyboard update) fixed using various hacks or tricks. Here's a little snippet of text from Apple's support forums:
> I was using the PhotoBooth "fix" to kill the horrible
> whine, whereas I would launch Photo Booth, click on a
> thumbnail and then quit the application and the whine
> was gone. Well, after installing the keyboard update
> 1.0 released today, quitting PhotoBooth means the
> whine is back...
Found a fix, if you have a backup:
The installer replaces the /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext extension; I replaced that package by hand with the old one, repaired permissions (essential step, if you copy the system file by hand like I did), and voila! Everything back the way it was, with a whine I can control.
From a post on xlr8yourmac.com
yeah, I know, this isn't about the iMac...but, sounds similar to your situation.