Am I the only one with a blip/pop noise?!

I tried to install it on my previous MBP but could not get it to install (I'm still new to macs though). I haven't tried it on my replacement out of concerns for the long term effects it will have on the drive.

I just installed a Seagate Momentus 5400.4 250GB and I have this sound on my 2.2 SR MBP. Very annoying especially when watching a movie. My old Hitachi 120gb had this problem also but it was not as loud or as often.

I have a bootcamp partition with WinXP Pro installed. I get the same tick sound in XP but not as frequently as in OSX.

Could other please post if they have the same issues as me in OSX and WinXP?

I will try to call seagate and see if there is something I can do to stop this.

MAXL221,

Just got my MBP from repair. The HD has been replaced with an 120gb Hitachi (was a Seagate). They replaced the FLEX assembly, HDD/IR, (M59) whatever it is....They also found some problem with the RAMs (third party OWC).

I loaded the new HD with my Backup but have not replaced the RAMs yet (still have the original 1GB).

No more pong or clicking noise.....It's all gone. If the problem had not been fixed I would have already heard it by now.

can't tell you what fixed the noise problem, the new HD or the RAMs.

I was thinking, if you have a FW external HD you might want to make a clone (I used Superduper) and boot from it, see if you are still experiencing the noise when the internal HD is not in use.

Hope this help.

PS: I explained the snafu with Procare, the store extended my Procare membership for a year free of charge. The manager was very understanding and helpful.

Seagate denies that anything is wrong. I have tried 2 version of the same HD and still have the issues.

I also turned off the Sudden Motion Sensors, made no difference

hi everybody,
i just wanted to share my experience with you, which is,
8 months ago i bought a MBP 17" custom order with a Hitachi 200GB/7200 and i was so happy
because it was a long time desire of mine have one (i'm a devoted mac user since '94), but i always used desktops;
so, this happiness btw would have end very soon, the same night infact, in the silence of my bedroom i listened for the first time this misterious tick/pop,
i couldn't believe this tick was always there repeating in any situation, i make music so i am pretty sensible about hearing,
from that moment i couldn't stop notice this noise, so i brought it to the near Apple Service, where they told me it could be the fan or the hd,
and that they should have open it to determine the origin, so i thought that the problem was new to them;
anyway, since the mbp had just a week of life i returned it to the reseller, deciding to wait till the next release of new mbpros, hoping they would be tickfree;
now, after 8 long months i bought a new mbp 5 days ago (the 15" this time and it has a SEAGATE MOMENTUS ST9200420AS) sure it would be faultless,
i even didn't listen to it at first to verify the noise, i was so happy to have it back again;
but the nite after the tick was there again and i was totally petrified; i was desperate, i didn't want to live with it ticking and popping all the time;
but this time i was lucky enough to find this very very useful 3d, where i saw that i was not alone,
but best of all i saw the possibility to solve the problem with this small hdapm app;
and it WORKED for me, the tick stopped, maybe the hard disk wont last very long always going to its max performance, but who cares right now,
life is beautiful with a silent but powerful mac laptop!!

Ok I added a jumper to my Seagate Momentus 5400.4 250GB drive switching it from 3.0 Gigabit to 1.5 Gigabit (1.5 gigabit sata is what the MBP mobo does.)

Still have that sound

Only solution so far has been opening up itunes and jammin out to hard rock. It makes the sound go away.....

glad to hear it was fixed. The ram issue was probably causing your system to freeze. As for the HD glad to hear no more clicking...hope it lasts for you! let me know if it comes back. I wish we could pinpoint the issue. Although, I feel the clicking is a normal noise made by the computer, since it seems like everyone hears it.

I cannot get HDAPM to work. It keeps saying "APM not supported" even though I have a brand new macbook and it says I have a fujitsu drive.

Here is the instructions (simplified by me) to get rid of the blip/pop.

1. First of all download hdapm from * http://mckinlay.net.nz/hdapm/*
when you open hdapm.dmg you get this files:

- hdapm
- hdapm.plist
- *Read Me*

2. Now we need to reveal the *hidden folders* in Leopard.
to do this go to the Terminal (it is into the Utility folder) and open it,
copy the following line :

*defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean true;killall Finder*

and paste in the Terminal, then press enter; leave the Terminal open for now;

3. Go to your Macintosh HD and follow the path */usr → /local → /bin*.

4. Copy and past the program hdamp to the /bin folder.

5. Look for the path /Library and then /launchDaemons.
Put the hdapm.plist in here and confirm it with your admin password.

7. Restart your Mac. After reboot, open the Console (it is into the Utility folder)
and search for the string hdapm (searchbar is on the right).
if you find :

*Setting APM level to 0xfe*
Success

you are done, just restart the mac and hopefully the blip/pop is gone;
but If you find :

*localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: Dubious ownership on file (skipping): /Library/LaunchDaemons/hdapm.plist*

which was my case, go download the program Lingon from * http://lingon.sourceforge.net/*
and open it.

8. You have to create a new .plist for hdapm.
Click on New (top-left in the program) and check *User Daemons* and then Create.
In the 1st field fill in:

hdamp2

in the 2nd field :

*/usr/local/bin/hdapm disk0 max*

and in the 3rd field check :

*Run it when it is loaded by the system (at startup or login)*

You created hdamp2, as you can see on the left.
Click on hdamp and *disable it* unchecking the box Enabled.
Reboot you Mac.

9. If everything went right, your blip/pop noises are gone.
The only thing left to do is hide your hidden folders again.

10. Go to the Terminal again and copy/paste the following line and press enter:

*defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean false;killall Finder*

The End!

you can enjoy now your mac laptop noisefree 😉

ps. save these instructions for the future, because i think we have to do it again every time we update Leopard_

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My MBP is about two weeks old, and I heard the noise for the very first time today. Here is where everyone should go to complain:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/

Gramps.

what a world we live in.
Shame on you Apple.

This is great, when I read this EXTREMELY COMPLICATED and CONVOLUTED fix I just had to laugh good and hard.

ATTENTION ALL NEW MACBOOK PRO CUSTOMERS:

Be prepared to download several questionable and unsupported third party applications to make your laptop's Hard Drive stop making distracting and irritating noises.

BRAVO APPLE!!

Some answers to your questions:

1) Number 2
2) Rectifying Number 1 wastes too much time.
3) The large number of people experiencing Number 3
4) Fixing brand new, high-end computers I have just spent a lot of money on is depressing to me.

Hi Everybody!

I have a brand new 2.4 MBP with the same "parking-kong-noise". 🙂

I went trough the torture with the HDAPM and I have to say it didn't help me yet. I had to generate a new .plist file, but the system skip it either as the original. 😟

So, finally I wrote to the apple support and sit down to cry. 🙂

If anybody found a new solution please dont hesitate to write here!

It's a shame of Apple that I had to sold my iMac Extreme because the humming noise what cames from that. There was a construct problem around the HD suspension, I'am sure. (We have tried 3 different HDs.)

What the **** is with Apple???