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snsd

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Jul 22, 2013
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My MBP has static noise/crackling sound near the left speaker during startup. It's only audible when I put my ear next to the keyboard. And it only happens after I login with my password, when the loading bar is about to reach 50%. (I have Filevault turned on and its running 10.2.2 if that matters.)

Just curious if anyone's nTB MBP has the same issue like mine.
 

vasatrya

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Jan 4, 2017
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My MBP has static noise/crackling sound near the left speaker during startup. It's only audible when I put my ear next to the keyboard. And it only happens after I login with my password, when the loading bar is about to reach 50%. (I have Filevault turned on and its running 10.2.2 if that matters.)

Just curious if anyone's nTB MBP has the same issue like mine.

I hear a crackling/static noise every hour or so if I'm on my laptop, whether or not I'm playing music. It's like a quick *pop* not too loud, but loud enough for me to notice..add it to the list of problems. I bought my macbook new but it had 8 charge cycles on it.

I have a base nTB
[doublepost=1483742397][/doublepost]Just FYI, i found this thread...

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2016-macbook-pro-problem.2022709/

probably what you're talking about
 

WhiteWhaleHolyGrail

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Nov 14, 2016
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I hear a crackling/static noise every hour or so if I'm on my laptop, whether or not I'm playing music. It's like a quick *pop* not too loud, but loud enough for me to notice..add it to the list of problems. I bought my macbook new but it had 8 charge cycles on it.

I have a base nTB

No pops or crackles ever. Return it!
 
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justinus

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Feb 6, 2017
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My MBP has static noise/crackling sound near the left speaker during startup. It's only audible when I put my ear next to the keyboard. And it only happens after I login with my password, when the loading bar is about to reach 50%. (I have Filevault turned on and its running 10.2.2 if that matters.)

Just curious if anyone's nTB MBP has the same issue like mine.

Is this the sound you're referring to? I have Filevault enabled, too. I thought it was the keyboard backlight triggering the discharge, but it may be the decryption process...

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/15-2016-mbp-speaker-crackling.2015467/page-8#post-24334757
 

justinus

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Feb 6, 2017
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I don't have FileVault activated and the pop sound is there.
Thanks for the info! I'm not suggesting FileVault is the only trigger, I just noticed that for mine the "pop" happens before the keyboard backlight activates. It could very well be any process that causes a voltage spike to trigger the discharge/"pop."
 
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santicpo

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Feb 18, 2017
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Thanks for the info! I'm not suggesting FileVault is the only trigger, I just noticed that for mine the "pop" happens before the keyboard backlight activates. It could very well be any pre-boot process that causes a voltage spike to trigger the discharge/"pop."

Okay. But in my case happens randomly: not only during startup... Perhaps Apple needs more time to investigate... And we should be more patient... or not... o_O
 

justinus

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Feb 6, 2017
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It occurs randomly for me too, even after boot. I took out the word "pre-boot" to clarify. I keep harping on the boot process because it's easy to reproduce the issue that way. But if it is static electricity accumulating inside the notebook, any time there's a path for that energy to be released (e.g., during a voltage spike from the CPU, keyboard backlight, or speakers being used) it'll "pop." I'm taking mine to Apple this week to see if it's a shielding or grounding issue.
 

SBruv

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Sep 25, 2008
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It occurs randomly for me too, even after boot. I took out the word "pre-boot" to clarify. I keep harping on the boot process because it's easy to reproduce the issue that way. But if it is static electricity accumulating inside the notebook, any time there's a path for that energy to be released (e.g., during a voltage spike from the CPU, keyboard backlight, or speakers being used) it'll "pop." I'm taking mine to Apple this week to see if it's a shielding or grounding issue.

Isn’t it just the noise made by the SSD that others have already noted here? They all do it to some extent.
 
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