So it arrived...

[BakedBeans]

No, it's noisey, no where near whisper quiet, and keeps making this weird high pitched noise on and off. I've spoken to Apple this morning, and they want me to turn the sreen brightness down when it next does it

tell them you dont want to turn the screen brightness down as you want to be able to se what your doing and tell them NO I DONT WANT TO PUT IT IN THE FREEZER

its not on man...tell them to get you a new one or new parts asap, its obviouly a problem

 

[BakedBeans]

Congratulations, your new baby does look great, is it noisy because you were expecting a totally silence machine or because it bothers the concentration totally? you know, if you were used to a quicksilver noise, noise couldn't be that loud, but if you're at work and can't concentrate ... Have you heard an eMac ? that's pretty loud...

the new eMac.. Concorde quiet

 

[edesignuk]

tell them you dont want to turn the screen brightness down as you want to be able to se what your doing and tell them NO I DONT WANT TO PUT IT IN THE FREEZER

its not on man...tell them to get you a new one or new parts asap, its obviouly a problem

I don't think they're saying this is the solution, but they claim that if the noise does go when I do this then it is the PSU at fault whatever, I'm not gonna go away until they fix it!

 

[wordmunger]

I don't think they're saying this is the solution, but they claim that if the noise does go when I do this then it is the PSU at foult whatever, I'm not gonna go away until they fix it!

Definitely, don't put up with it. My wife's 20-incher is whisper quiet all the time.

 

[Nermal]

Does the middle screen have a picture of Snow White weilding a chainsaw?

Both the left and middle ones are from here.

 

[edesignuk]

Both the left and middle ones are from here.

heh, didn't know that. I got 'em out of a massive desktops torrent I downloaded a while back

 

[Mr. Anderson]

I don't think they're saying this is the solution, but they claim that if the noise does go when I do this then it is the PSU at foult whatever, I'm not gonna go away until they fix it!

So did you turn it down and did it fix the problem? That really sucks, sorry to hear about it - especially since I just ordered a 20" for my mother in law - well, sent her the order to approve, she'll probably order it this week. Since I'll be setting it up its good to know this might be an issue before we transfer all the files and install the apps....

Good luck.

D

 

[edesignuk]

So did you turn it down and did it fix the problem?

Don't know yet, had to leave for work before I could try it, I'll find out tonight though hopefully, and report back!

Other than the noise, it's a fantastic machine

 

[Savage Henry]

Both the left and middle ones are from here.

Man, that is sucha cool site ... more resource to fuel my pro-Apple subversion at work

Back on the machine, that's a bummer about the noise. I'd have to admit that it is the only part of the design that I've got my doubts about. My 2nd gen is so quiet that I hate the noise it makes when it reads a CD, or even the click on the mouse (but only when I'm in a really bad mood).

Hope there is a simple uncomplicated fix that never brings this problem to light again.

 

[kjgnola]

Fan Noise

Gatorron posted this a while back in the iMac shipping thread, couldn't find it if I tried most likely. But anyway he said that his experience was that he turned down the thermostat in his house a bit and that took care of it for him.

I noticed the same thing yesterday, once I got the room cool the fans were quiet again.

What I think this proves is that either the iMac must be run in a cooler to be quiet or the fans are not truly "whisper" quiet.

I never get the high pitch noise that some complain about, but they do get noisy once they get up and running. The crazy thing is the loudest they do get is when I am printing. I print wirelessly through AP Extreme so it seems rather strange that that is when the machine is at its hottest.

Or I guess we could all just run up our electric bills by cranking up the AC year round.

 

[Mr. Anderson]

Or I guess we could all just run up our electric bills by cranking up the AC year round.

That's such an elegant fix

I hope that Apple does have a real fix for this, though. So what's a good ambient temp? Reminds me of the computer labs back in college that were always chilly...

D

 

[cb911]

Both the left and middle ones are from here.

nice one Nermal. you could head over to the Wallpaper Sites Directory and add it in there if you like... https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/37144/

and Mr. Anderson, helping the outlaws with computer purchases, that's awfully nice of you.

oop, did i say that? i mean in-laws of course.

 

[Mr. Anderson]

and Mr. Anderson, helping the outlaws with computer purchases, that's awfully nice of you.

Actually just ordered it tonight

20" iMac and an iSight. The fun has just begone - I get to set it up over Thanksgiving and install a few apps.

I'll also be adding folding to that as well

D

 

[Macmaniac]

That looks so sexy, congrats man, I wish I had an awesome setup like that.

 

[Mechcozmo]

So, what is happening to that Quicksilver?



Really nice, but isn't there something about the iMacs not being able to use dual screens, they can just mirror, or am I hallucinating again?

 

[Mr. Anderson]

Don't know yet, had to leave for work before I could try it, I'll find out tonight though hopefully, and report back!

So what happened....I'm hoping that this isn't a wide spread issue...especially since I'll be ordering another one in a couple months for my wife.....

D

 

[ebook]

Well, I'll tell you what edesignuk...if they say they will send you something it's not just going to be a couple of fans, it will be the whole midplane assembly...read COMPUTER. It's not hard to replace, just make sure your airport extreme card still works...check out my problems...

I hope you get everything figured out.

 

[ravenvii]

So, what is happening to that Quicksilver?



Really nice, but isn't there something about the iMacs not being able to use dual screens, they can just mirror, or am I hallucinating again?

Yeah, but there's a hack to override that.