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tim2006

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Jan 18, 2006
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i reinstalled tiger 10.4.5 and my whine is gone. I have ran software update.
 

QCassidy352

macrumors G5
Mar 20, 2003
12,066
6,107
Bay Area
that's very interesting. I can believe it... mine got worse from 10.4.6 to 10.4.7, so the OS version does play a part...
 

Xander562

macrumors 68000
Apr 2, 2006
1,625
0
hmmm something to think about

Hopefully they get their act together soon.
 

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mad jew

Moderator emeritus
Apr 3, 2004
32,191
9
Adelaide, Australia
Not that I believe in the whine, but remember that you cannot install a version of the OS that is older than the machine. In other words, for the machines that came preinstalled with 10.4.6 or later, they cannot install 10.4.5. :)
 

dmw007

macrumors G4
May 26, 2005
10,635
0
Working for MI-6
QCassidy352 said:
that's very interesting. I can believe it... mine got worse from 10.4.6 to 10.4.7, so the OS version does play a part...

I seem to have noticed this too. I never really had much of a whine before, but now my MacBook Pro seems to have gotten one with the update to 10.4.7. :(
 

thegreatluke

macrumors 6502a
Dec 29, 2005
649
0
Earth
That's weird.

I remember having a whine when I got it, and that was Mac OS X 10.4.4.
I know I updated to 10.4.5 at one point, and I don't remember the whine going away.

But then again, I rarely hear the whine (as I use a Bluetooth mouse 99% of the time).
 

mad jew

Moderator emeritus
Apr 3, 2004
32,191
9
Adelaide, Australia
Never take me seriously. That could be dangerous. :eek:


Nah, what I mean is that the whine seems like a similar problem to the lines on the PowerBook screens. It's something I doubt most people would notice if there wasn't already such a hullabaloo about it.



Yes, I said hullabaloo. :confused:
 

mmmcheese

macrumors 6502a
Feb 17, 2006
948
0
It's because Apple updated the USB driver to fix the bug that was stopping the processor from going into the deepest power saving modes. Although you get the "whine," you should also get better battery life with the updates.
 
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