Did all three which you’ve returned had whine? What about the fourth one?
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Mac studio v1 fan noise - it's going to be one of the loudest Macs at idle.
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Yes all have had it I’ve since mounted under my desk furthest towards my hallway where most ambient noise comes from in my house so that helps. I can still hear it though being a high frequency.
That really sucks. Sorry to hear that, mate.
you are one of the few people who might benefit by checking the power quality coming into your work space. if you’re on the fourth, presumably from different build batches, the problem may be at your end!
The Apple store booted it in store and the whine was there on my third unit. It was late at night before closing so it could be heard as no customers were around. I also had that one at my brother in laws house editing a video with my nephew and the whine was still there. Ya never had issue with my electricity or the 9 + other Macs I've owned in this house.
shall we assume that the anecdotal testing at apple and BIL's house was after being exposed to your home electrical environment?
You assume what you want I guess but if its implied my quality of power supplied ruined 4 units and none of my other Mac’s over the years the you know what they say about assuming.
Plus I can see Apples official statement now. "Everyone is just plugging it in wrong".
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That's an interesting observation. Admittedly one could argue it's, at minimum, a nuisance variable, but that position has a few holes in it. You know the old saying about the word assume, and the one about correlation & causation. From an investigative research standpoint it might be advisable to look more closely at other variables and hypotheses in this endeavor. Example: Aside from those four, the rest of the whining Studios were never exposed to his "electrical environment." His 9 plus other Macs were. They did not complain (whine about it). Add another variable, rinse and repeat.
As for the subject post, it's actually less anecdotal than the vast majority of content on this, or almost any other non-academic or research, etc. oriented forum. His other Macs did not present such a (2.2 to 2.6ish KHz.) noise. No known electrical problems in his home. Same noise occurs at a relative's house and, at an Apple store, an arguably more "rigid" test environment. I would not call that last one objective though. If anything, it's biased against finding an issue. Now, add in the fact that he's had three replacements. That alone says a lot.
At some point, if your complaints have no merit, or you're up to a scam/con-like behavior, or otherwise abusing the right to return, you'll eventually get a firm no. He didn't (x3). So, he's either a very good lawyer, or did something really bad and it's karma (insert joke about being redundant), or, he's a legit customer who had a recurrent problem, and Apple knows that they have one too, however large/small, serious/minor, etc., it may be.
the funny story at my house is that we had a inexpensive ikea lamp which kept needing to replaced. turns out my wife's cat liked to chew on the tasty power cord.
AFAIK, the cat didn't find the cords of the prior lamps to be tasty.
a little capsaicin spray on the cord fixed that problem.
Yea to all but at different time intervals. The first was evident right away. The middle 2 were pretty much around the 10 day mark. The forth was well after the return period. I still called Apple on the and they would of replaced but I’m living with it till I get a confirmation of a fix.
Got mine on Friday, been running it non stop for almost 48 hours now and haven't heard a peep from it. M1 Max base model.
At least they have you on record… keep their feet to the fire…. This is one of those deals that must e resolved. If they will recall AirPod Pro’s that have a deficiency in noise cancelation or similar and not be ale to identify what model, batch, or other identifying characteristics of the defective device… then they shouldn’t have trouble getting these Studio‘s figured out and rectified….. IMHO
MAX/32GB/2TB from the refurb store.
This thing is whisper quiet so far.
This thing is whisper quiet so far.
Can anyone else confirm this works? Someone on Reddit claims they eliminated the whine on their machine by utilizing all the ports on the back of their machine.
I returned a noisy unit earlier in the summer and was going to give it another go soon. I was only using two TB4 ports on my machine because I was using a hub, but if this works I might try eliminating the hub. (Don’t know what I would plug into the HDMI port, though.)
I returned a noisy unit earlier in the summer and was going to give it another go soon. I was only using two TB4 ports on my machine because I was using a hub, but if this works I might try eliminating the hub. (Don’t know what I would plug into the HDMI port, though.)
What you are describing sounds more like a power supply issue where the switching regulator is making audible noise (not uncommon) and the noise is then changing based on the load on the load presented to the power supply (how much stuff is connected and the fan speed which directly relates to the power supply loading.
Audible Power Supply Noise | Article | MPS
This noise peak can be mitigated by avoiding switching frequencies between 11kHz and 13kHz. Instead of keeping the peak current constant, as is the case for the MP174A, it can be decreased linearly, and a minimum constant switching frequency of 13kHz can be maintained to avoid the noise “peaking.”
www.monolithicpower.com
Interesting! My Ultra is very quiet and has been from the beginning. But, I moved my hub out with my old computer and filled up the Studio ports from the beginning. Never used a hub with it so who knows. Not going to test it though, I'm a tennis player and we never change a winning game!!!
I said something similar a while back about moving the apple studio display from TB1 to TB4 changed the tone of the whine. I wonder is the hub thing holds up as the apple studios display in and of it self functions a hub with 1 TB and 3 USB 3 ports. So this would make total sense. Would be weird as the ASD is self powered, but like I said If I move from TB1 to TB4 the tone changes. Would also explain why some would hear and some would not as not everyone maxes out their ports and not everyone uses an ASD.
Nah, tried and it doesn’t work… However, whine on my unit got better over time. It happens only sometimes for me now and it’s incredibly rare. When it happens, I put my hand over the vent on the back and it goes away… I hope one day someone will tell us where this all noise is coming from…
As stated before, if you got a customised model (like I did) you can ask for a replacement and keep the current unit while you wait.
I did that and after 3 months my replacement arrived.
This one doesn't have the high-pitched noise, maybe only a little whistle, but I cannot hear it at all (unlike the original unit), therefore I'm pleased.
I'd strongly recommend going this route if you have a noisy unit.
Bot my units were made in China, instead of Malaysia, so the issues still appears to pop up randomly in the supply chain.
I did that and after 3 months my replacement arrived.
This one doesn't have the high-pitched noise, maybe only a little whistle, but I cannot hear it at all (unlike the original unit), therefore I'm pleased.
I'd strongly recommend going this route if you have a noisy unit.
Bot my units were made in China, instead of Malaysia, so the issues still appears to pop up randomly in the supply chain.
Nonesense...
My unit had all the ports filled and it whined.
Got a replacement (with the same peripherals attached) and it's much more silent.
Just to add a different perspective, when I called Apple back in May and asked for a replacement I was told that I had to send it in or take it to an Apple Store for diagnosis. When I took it to the Apple Store (which was too loud to do any kind of diagnosis), I asked for a replacement and was told they couldn’t do a replacement for a unit that has replaceable parts. Since they didn’t know what parts to replace or how long they would take to arrive I opted to return it on the spot as it was still in the 14 day window.
I’m just one data point, but getting a replacement seems to be more dependent on a generous customer service rep than a universal policy (unless things have changed since May). I had a BTO Studio Max.
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"excess electricity accumulating within the chassis on different elements, making them buzz"
No, just no.
No, just no.