Has anyone had any experience with a scary noise (almost like a mechanical burp) coming out of their Macbook Pro when pressing the power button? I just got mine in the mail yesterday, and at least five times, when I pressed the power button or once even starting iDvd, the laptop made some horrible sound.
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Scary Noise
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Do you have external speakers plugged in? Sometimes mine make a popping sound when I turn on the computer because it's getting a signal.
Yea, that happens with my barely-week-old mbp as well. I think it's just the Superdrive spinning up to check whether there's any media inside, it happens when I start up XP in Parallels too..
And Apple is hear to help...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305478
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305070
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305478
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305070
My MBP makes some TERRIBLE noises when I first put a disc in. It is LOUD. Nothing in the audio samples comes close to the sounds that mine makes. At first I thought it wasn't normal, but I learned to accept it. I still don't think/know if it's "normal", but I don't know if I want to gamble with it. Maybe I'll have to go the school and play with the MBP in the bookstore and see if it does it.
Whew. Thank you very much for allaying my fears. I guess I don't need that 2PM Apple Appointment today.