Anyone have a 24" iMac that doesn't hum?

[queshy]

If you search other forums on the net, it seems that every single (well almost...) 24" iMac as that annoying display hum. Although I thoroughly agree that forums tend to attract "problems" (not everyone who gets a flawless machine posts about it...), but it really does seem that everyone has the hum. I'm in the process of sending back iMac #2....in hopes that #3 doesn't have a hum. If you do a search, there is actually quite a lengthy thread about this issue. It also seems that the hum problem is more dominant in the 24" model. All that being said, does anyone have a 24" iMac that does not hum? Moreover, does anyone have a 24" iMac with no noises, hard drive issues, crashes, kernel panics, dead pixels, etc?

 

[kixsand]

If you search other forums on the net, it seems that every single (well almost...) 24" iMac as that annoying display hum. Although I thoroughly agree that forums tend to attract "problems" (not everyone who gets a flawless machine posts about it...), but it really does seem that everyone has the hum. I'm in the process of sending back iMac #2....in hopes that #3 doesn't have a hum. If you do a search, there is actually quite a lengthy thread about this issue. It also seems that the hum problem is more dominant in the 24" model. All that being said, does anyone have a 24" iMac that does not hum? Moreover, does anyone have a 24" iMac with no noises, hard drive issues, crashes, kernel panics, dead pixels, etc?

I have a eerily silent 24" iMac with a bullet proof hard drive, nary a crash, perpetually cool and calm kernals and a gaggle of pixels that are alive and well.



Sucks to be you.

Darren

P.S. Sorry about your issues...I was trying to be funny in what I said back there. Hope you have a sense of humour.

 

[topgunn]

I have one and I don't notice a hum.

 

[queshy]

I have a eerily silent 24" iMac with a bullet proof hard drive, nary a crash, perpetually cool and calm kernals and a gaggle of pixels that are alive and well.



Sucks to be you.

Darren

P.S. Sorry about your issues...I was trying to be funny in what I said back there. Hope you have a sense of humour.

lol nice description.
Im fed up so I asked for a full refund and will buy it from a retail store for easier returnability incase its defective...oh well, I wont be able t oget a 7600 GT.

 

[roland.g]

I have a eerily silent 24" iMac with a bullet proof hard drive, nary a crash, perpetually cool and calm kernals and a gaggle of pixels that are alive and well.



Sucks to be you.

Darren

P.S. Sorry about your issues...I was trying to be funny in what I said back there. Hope you have a sense of humour.

Do you have your brightness turned all the way up. From what I have heard the hum goes away with the brightness turned down, but is most obvious when turned all the way up.

 

[queshy]

Actually you have it reversed: the hum is the most audible at lower brightness levels, and gets quieter at higher brightnesses.

 

[BigMäc]

When I shopped for one last year after returning my MBP for that exact issue, I could hear it from every single 20" or 24" C2D iMac I looked at. This is why I got a Mac Pro.

As far as I know the old C1D ones didn't have that problem.

 

[skunk]

Yes.

 

[iMacZealot]

When I was walking down the hallway tonight to get into my room, I thought I heard an A380 in my room, but I realised that my room wasn't big enough. It turned out it was just my 17" iMac G5. Fans were full blast with Safari, Mail, iTunes, Address Book, and the Finder, all not doing anything. I quit them all and it was still full blast. I'm always concerned when I hear it go full blast because my hard disk broke about a year ago and when I'd turn it on, it'd go full blast and would never turn the screen on. I hope I don't have to repeat this because I don't have AppleCare, and I don't have a backup of my hard disk. Not that it's that important because most of my stuff is on external hard disks, but I still have stuff of some importance.

When the iMac G5 came out, it was advertised as being "quiter than a whisper" but has been proven to be anything but true. I thought the Intels might be quieter, but apparently, they may not be...

 

[queshy]

When I was walking down the hallway tonight to get into my room, I thought I heard an A380 in my room, but I realised that my room wasn't big enough. It turned out it was just my 17" iMac G5. Fans were full blast with Safari, Mail, iTunes, Address Book, and the Finder, all not doing anything. I quit them all and it was still full blast. I'm always concerned when I hear it go full blast because my hard disk broke about a year ago and when I'd turn it on, it'd go full blast and would never turn the screen on. I hope I don't have to repeat this because I don't have AppleCare, and I don't have a backup of my hard disk. Not that it's that important because most of my stuff is on external hard disks, but I still have stuff of some importance.

When the iMac G5 came out, it was advertised as being "quiter than a whisper" but has been proven to be anything but true. I thought the Intels might be quieter, but apparently, they may not be...

Argg sorry to hear that.
It definitely is not whisper quiet. I think that if it was under my desk I woudlnt mind (as much), but it's right in front of my face!

 

[MacGuffin]

When the iMac G5 came out, it was advertised as being "quiter than a whisper" but has been proven to be anything but true. I thought the Intels might be quieter, but apparently, they may not be...

They're quieter than a whisper in the Apple store, where ambient noise silences annoying humming.

Ironically, that's why the store is no decent place to make an informed decision about buying.

 

[michaelverdin]

I just took delivery of my new 24''
2.33
3GB Ram
750GB HDD
7600 256MB
+ BT M/K + Applecare

It is extremely quiet, even when using aperture with RAW photos and watching HD TV programmes the fans don't even spin up, perhaps the xtra gig of ram helps

 

[amiga]

Yup, my girlfriends is oh so quiet! I want to run off with it (shhh)

 

[queshy]

apple wont replace mine so I asked for a full refund with no restocking fee so that I can go buy it at a retail store then be able to give it back EASILY if its defective. This is my 2nd iMac and its a huge hassle to send it back to apple and go so long with no computer. Thats why Im going to rebuy at teh retail store...too bad I cant get the 7600GT though. I just dont trust buying online from them again.

 

[kixsand]

Do you have your brightness turned all the way up. From what I have heard the hum goes away with the brightness turned down, but is most obvious when turned all the way up.

I usually have my brightness setting at about the midway point.

Now...in all honesty I spent a number of years working as a radio announcer -- one of the benefits of wearing headphones all those years is that it has taken the edge off of my hearing...I'll ask my wife if she hears a hum just to be sure it's not there.

And when I said that it never crashes I wasn't quite telling the truth...my system has crashed twice...both times when I was playing WoW...the screen sort of scrambled and the system became non responsive and I had to reboot. That's the only time I've seen it though.

Good luck with the new computer.

darren

 

[sparkyms]

No Noises, no hard-drive issues or dead pixels here.
I always have the brightness set to max, and I found that to be at its quietest.
It's pretty much silent when running, all you can hear is when the HDD is being accessed.
Never crashed. Had a few programs need to quit (Messenger and FireFox. Switched to Camino now and no issues at all).
Not experienced a KP.
Boots from off in about 40secs (hopefully it'll be a bit faster with my new RAM).

Running
iMac 24" 2.16 GHZ
1GB RAM (just bought my 2GB! lovelyyyy)
7300GT
250GB hdd (I'm not made of the dolla).

All in All I am DAMNED happy with my iMac.

 

[kixsand]

No Noises, no hard-drive issues or dead pixels here.
I always have the brightness set to max, and I found that to be at its quietest.
It's pretty much silent when running, all you can hear is when the HDD is being accessed.
Never crashed. Had a few programs need to quit (Messenger and FireFox. Switched to Camino now and no issues at all).
Not experienced a KP.
Boots from off in about 40secs (hopefully it'll be a bit faster with my new RAM).

Running
iMac 24" 2.16 GHZ
1GB RAM (just bought my 2GB! lovelyyyy)
7300GT
250GB hdd (I'm not made of the dolla).

All in All I am DAMNED happy with my iMac.

I gotta say that my iMac is really quite...freaks me out a little bit in fact. My old computer was a 17" G4 flat panel and it sounded like an airplane under thrust...fans going like crazy for no specific reason.

You know what they say about 2gb of ram..."it's like twice as good as 1gb of ram!"

darren

 

[Silverbird0000]

I have a 20" iMac with 256 vram and it is super quiet. Never hear anything from it. I know it's a 24" problem with the screen, but just thought i'd post.

 

[wizwaz3]

My 24"er is a refurb and I never hear anything. I hear the fan rev for a split second when it wakes, and I hear the hard drive seek when I first start it up, but after that, nothing. No dead pixels either.

 

[bmcgrath]

Not a thing out of it. Super quiet. And not a single issue with it either

 

[iKwick7]

Not a thing out of it. Super quiet. And not a single issue with it either

Same here as well- not a peep! I also have a Lacie external that is BARELY audible- you have to be listening for it to hear it. I also recently bought a Lacie Blue Block (blue lego) external, and that thing is loud!

 

[nateDEEZY]

My 24"er is dead quiet...

Since I got a poor responce in my previous thread...

I was wondering if any other fellow 24"er's could post there power supply temps while burning/encoding a dvd or watching HDTV via EyeTV. I used Temperature Monitor to get my temps.

 

[netdog]

Mine don't hum.

Pixels all working fine.

 

[kixsand]

My 24"er is dead quiet...

Since I got a poor responce in my previous thread...

I was wondering if any other fellow 24"er's could post there power supply temps while burning/encoding a dvd or watching HDTV via EyeTV. I used Temperature Monitor to get my temps.

I downloaded temperature monitor and then fired up the Eye Tv Hybrid. I've been watching for about 10 mins now and:

"Power Supply Position 1" is listed as running at 59 degrees centigrade. I'll leave it to you to do the coversion. It seems pretty hot to me.

Hope that helps you out.

Darren

 

[kixsand]

I downloaded temperature monitor and then fired up the Eye Tv Hybrid. I've been watching for about 10 mins now and:

"Power Supply Position 1" is listed as running at 59 degrees centigrade. I'll leave it to you to do the coversion. It seems pretty hot to me.

Hope that helps you out.

Darren

I just read your other post. I changed the output on temp monitor to Farenheiht. I'm now at 143.6 Farenheit. You mentioned getting up to 180 or so.

I have 2 gb of ram and the bigger video card...could this be keeping the temperature down a bit?

Now I'm at 145...seems steady there.

Hope that helps.

darren