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Jul 7, 2015 1:38 PM in response to YGSkyby Carolyn Samit,a light, constant crackling sound somewhere near the magsafe 2 port
Sounds like a power / electrical issue. Best to take the Mac to an Apple Store, let them take a look at it.
Apple Retail Store - Store List
Check here as well > Apple Portables: Troubleshooting MagSafe adapters
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Jul 7, 2015 2:55 PM in response to YGSkyby camtechguy98,57 degrees Celsius is not very hot for a laptop. In fact, it is quite cool. This operating temperature is well within apple's specified operating temperatures for MacBook Pros. You have no heat issue to worry about. On the other hand, that crackling sound worries me. I agree with Carolyn Samit, and you should take your Mac into apple and show this crackling sound to them.
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Jul 7, 2015 3:49 PM in response to YGSkyby YGSky,Thank you for your replies. Thankfully, after a restart the computer returned to normal...
The crackling sound did not sound like electricity. In fact, it sounded as if the fan was in that spot and turning at a very low rpm, but some small obstruction was causing the fan to spin improperly and in an unbalanced fashion causing the blades to lightly make contact with the sides of its container randomly. That kind of sound (haha this sounds very specific, I know). But my point is, I can tell it was not the sound of free electricity sparking or anything. It just felt like I could almost "hear" the CPU working... I am guessing the sound is coming from the SSD.
If I am able to recreate the problem again I will visit the Apple store, but I will hold off for now.
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Jul 7, 2015 3:50 PM in response to camtechguy98by YGSky,You may be right. However usually by the time the computer hits around 55 C the fan begins to rev up to around 3000 rpm. However that did not happen when this problem occurred