I hear it whenever I stop writing. I am in a quite room. Obviously I m typing this right now on the keyboard, so I do not hear the scratchy vinyl sound, the sound the we are all familiar with in movies depicting life decades ago, life before the iPod, before digital music, when vinyl was synonymous to good music, hell was music itself. I can locate this noise: it’s on the left side of the keyboard. I put my ear down to the area. It is below the letter Q and W, I think. or higher, perhaps below the number 2 and the function key F2. With my ear on it like that, it isn’t scratchy noise anymore but a sort of insect buzz. What is this noise? The fan? Not unless it needs oiling. The processor? You hear the same sounds in your MacBook?
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Dan Warne
February 3rd, 2008 at 6:26 pm
It’s processor buzz. You need to get a free kernel extension called ShhhMBP to quieten it down.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=346299
BrianB
February 4th, 2008 at 10:29 am
This looks like a processor problem, but the only solution mentioned messes with the power saving function. Any more ideas? I do not own an MBP. I won a White MacBook. The sound begins almost immediately after I boot up.
Daniel
April 24th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Hi!
I bought my white macbook 22 april 2008. I have the exact same “insect buzz”. It totaly FREEEAAKS me out.
Can’t stand it. I hope that ShhMBP really fixes this! This is probably on every new macbook? Maybe people don’t have good hearing and don’t mind it. But i can’t stand it!
Good to hear though that it’s others out there with the same “problem”. If the app doesn’t fix it, I will return the computer, and ask for my money back. (They will probably don’t do that because “It’s perfectly normal, i can’t hear it”. YEAH, because your in a noisy store!!)
Shit.
jerry
May 9th, 2008 at 5:15 am
Wow, I thought I was the only crazy one that this sound drove crazy. I have had my Macbook back for repair three times. Everyth ing has been replaced (three times) and still the buzz continues. As a platform that brags about its audio and video capabilities this seems more than just a “little irritant”. Amazing how many Mac repair centers can’t hear the sound.
Jason
April 29th, 2009 at 4:21 am
Hi Guy. I got the same problem. it’s sharp and continues buzzing nosing come from W E S D on the key board. This noise give me so much headache at night. This noise is also driving my crazy. I’m really disappointed on this noise issue. This is a brand new Macbook white. I don’t know what I can do.
anwyn
August 2nd, 2009 at 9:59 am
so, it’s normal ? like, my macbook is good, hardware is ok and there’s no distortion ?
Dino
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:19 pm
I just bought my white MacBook 3 weeks ago and I also noticed the buzzing with a slight vibration. It bothers me too and I want to go back to the computer store and ask them if this is normal. I’m happy to see I’m not the only one but is this normal? I’m going to call Apple too.
Ben
January 24th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Guys I have the same roblem, bought the macbook at the beginning of January!