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Oct 28, 2012 8:36 AM in response to V M1by Benedikt,I had a similar problem a few years ago, turned out to be operational noise and the drive is still working fine until now. See my original thread.
Have you checked the SMART status in Disk Utility?
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Oct 28, 2012 8:58 AM in response to Benediktby V M1,Thanks for your response. The SMART status says verified and I downloaded a SMART utility that reports the disk is in perfect health. Of course, I take this with a grain of salt. I'm going to get it exchanged at the Apple store anyways just to see if the new one has this noise and I will post an update.
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Oct 28, 2012 10:08 AM in response to V M1by Benedikt,Yes, please post an update after the exchange as I'm interested in getting a Mac mini myself.
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Oct 28, 2012 10:19 AM in response to Benediktby V M1,Turns out they are out of stock on the Mac mini at all the Apple stores within reasonable distance of me. The fact that this is happening only when the HDD is idle I think the noise comes from the head parking itself. Seems to be operational noise and if so, it's alright. It's quiet enough that I can barely hear it, it's just annoying.
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Oct 29, 2012 6:13 PM in response to V M1by V M1,Does anybody have information regarding Hitachi hard drives and operational noise? I'd be interested to know.
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Oct 29, 2012 9:10 PM in response to V M1by Laxman25,I just received mine today and set it up. That's weird...mine is silent as can be. Can't even hear it.
First Mac mini, just had MacBooks, so I don't know if that happens sometimes or not. Just chiming in to say mine doesn't do that at all, no noise. I'd for sure get it checked. A ticking sound doesn't sound normal to me at all.
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Oct 30, 2012 1:36 AM in response to Laxman25by Benedikt,That could be because Apple might be using HDDs from different manufacturers. Maybe it's also model-related (500 GB vs. 1 TB vs. 1 TB/FD). What HDD do you have?
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Oct 30, 2012 5:06 AM in response to Laxman25by V M1,Which model of the new Mac mini do you have? The i5 with the 500GB HDD or the i7 with the 1TB HDD? If you go into "About this mac" and go into your system profile, what is the model of your HDD?
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Oct 30, 2012 6:18 AM in response to Benediktby Laxman25,I7 1tb. No fusion drive. Just the stock 799$ one.
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Oct 30, 2012 6:22 AM in response to V M1by Laxman25,I'll listen more closely when I get home, but I was sitting about 6-8 feet away from it. Setting it up(accounts etc) and a little web surfing. No tick. I couldn't even hear anything besides booting up.
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Oct 30, 2012 6:34 AM in response to V M1by Laxman25,I am pretty computer savvy when it comes to doing things and software. My hardware expertise is mid range, so I'm no expert. Plus this being my first Mac mini. My MacBooks never ticked either. A few other threads I have read say it could be the fan hitting the housing too... Like I said, for the money you invested....I would just take it in for a quick peek at apple. Worst case scenario is they swap it for a new one :)
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Oct 30, 2012 7:03 AM in response to Laxman25by V M1,Yeah it's weird. I am sitting a couple feet away from it since it sits on my desk and I hear intermittent clicks from it which aren't very loud but they are louder than the regular HDD noise as the head is moving across the platters.If it is normal noise I can definitely live with it but if there is a chance that there might be a defect, I don't want to move my data to the drive, only to have it fail on me. As mentioned before, it only seems to happen when the HDD is idling.
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Oct 30, 2012 7:05 AM in response to Laxman25by V M1,Definitely swapping for a new one since it's still under the return policy, not worth having them fiddle around in it when I can just get a new one. The problem is that they are out of stock everywhere around me.
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Oct 30, 2012 8:15 AM in response to V M1by Laxman25,Yeah, but I'd go check it out. They could have a few for these instances, you never know. It could be not an issue, but why risk the investment you made? Smart choice taking it in, I would. I haven't done much with mine. I just setup my accounts, and iTunes library etc.. So I haven't tried much more than that yet, but mine is quiet.