okay, so who is 100% satisfied with their new 24" iMac?

[nando2323]

First mac ever bought and I am 100000000000000000% satisfied love it

 

[BamaDMD]

About the popping or cracking sound.

I absolutely love mine. Super fast, beautiful screen, surprisingly good speakers, awesome keyboard and generally silent except........

My only concern is a noise I hear occasionally for a split second, it sounds like a cracking or popping type sound. It happens very infrequently and seems to be when I first turn it on, after a few hours it seems to stop happening. My guess is that as the iMac heats up plastic parts on the interior expand, I am sure everything fits really tight inside there.

Does anyone else hear this noise coming from their iMac or know what this might be?

I have a White iMac (recently purchased a couple of months ago). It just started doing the very same thing as you described. But runs fine.

BTW I love my cd2 white 20" imac. I am giving it to my wife and will be getting the 20" 2.4 hopefully this week. Can't wait.

 

[docprego]

I have a White iMac (recently purchased a couple of months ago). It just started doing the very same thing as you described. But runs fine.

So what do you think it is? Besides that my iMac is flawless, it just bugs me every time I hear it.

Last night I reached around and pressed my fingers on the rear of the iMac case from the upper left to the upper right. When I pressed down I was able to reproduce the sound, though it didn't seem quite as loud. I tried this on the sides and lower parts of the rear but they did not cause the sound. I have to conclude that the heat is somehow affecting the rear plastic enclosure and producing this sound. When I hear it the sound does seem to come from the upper rear of the computer.

I wish someone would say their iMac does it too and its normal, I'm tired of worrying about it. Then again I do have Applecare so I am trying to ignore it but the perfectionist in me is making it difficult.

 

[BamaDMD]

First mac ever bought and I am 100000000000000000% satisfied love it

One more zero and I think you might have persuded me but I think maybe your wavering with your enthusiasm...


Doc prego.... I am hoping it is just the casing warming or expanding or something.

 

[docprego]

One more zero and I think you might have persuded me but I think maybe your wavering with your enthusiasm...


Doc prego.... I am hoping it is just the casing warming or expanding or something.

Thanks I believe you are right. In any case it works wonderfully in every way so I have decided to stop worrying about it.