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suzkid Author

Level 1

2 points

27" iMac hard drive noise

I just picked up a 27" iMac with the 1 T HD. I can hear the hard drive any time the computer is "working". Took the first one back to the Apple store and exchanged it, thinking I had a defective machine. The replacement makes the same noise.
Anyone else having this issue? Are these things supposed to be this noisy?

imac

Posted on Nov 24, 2009 8:13 PM

594 replies

Oct 26, 2010 10:06 AM in response to suzkid

Have this model on my imac i7 27" (summer2010) :
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330
and i feel much noise 😟
sorry for my bad english, i'm from italy

bubux

Level 1

0 points

Oct 26, 2010 10:38 AM in response to Andrea Gallozzi

Idem, same noise Hitachi Hdd imac 27"

suspectx

Level 1

0 points

Oct 29, 2010 12:27 AM in response to suzkid

Whoa!! Thank goodness!! I thought I was the only one, I just saw this thread. GOod to know people are having the same problem. And I am BUMMED!!! about this, it makes me want to take my iMac back.

tmma.a

Level 1

5 points

Nov 16, 2010 1:43 PM in response to harvals

Why?
Do you want his iMac?

harvals

Level 1

0 points

Nov 16, 2010 1:54 PM in response to tmma.a

Yes if it has a quiet hard drive

BOFHMAN

Level 1

20 points

Nov 16, 2010 1:58 PM in response to harvals

Howdy ... please send me an email to reply to. Thanks!

harvals

Level 1

0 points

Nov 16, 2010 2:02 PM in response to BOFHMAN

Hi,
Thanks for the quick response
harvey@harveysmith2.wanadoo.co.uk
Regards
Harvey

tmma.a

Level 1

5 points

Dec 5, 2010 8:37 AM in response to suzkid

tried the bartpe method with my Hitachi.
Useless; it was already set to silent…
tried to switch to noisy and tested it and it was actually more noisy…
but it was all useless..

t.cremer

Level 1

4 points

Dec 6, 2010 2:42 PM in response to quist1

@quist: yeah its a shame. I got a noisy hard drive and backlight bleeding, so highly considering just returning my iMac. The noise is very annoying and makes it hard to concentrate on my work...

quist1

Level 1

4 points

Dec 6, 2010 3:03 PM in response to t.cremer

The heat just kicked on in my house, the furnace fan is load enough to drown out the clicking noise, perhaps that will be apple's solution - cold weather .....

Dec 8, 2010 7:31 PM in response to t.cremer

I hear ya. I will never trust the imac ever!

Dec 28, 2010 4:46 PM in response to DEVO33

So...I bought mine early December here in Brasilia and I got the same problem. The noise is really terrible, plus the fact that Snow Leopard cannot find Windows 7 installed through the BootCamp ( despite the fact that bootcamp icon is there in the table...). I can't access it even pressing Option during the restart...What I should do?

kimo1

Level 1

0 points

Dec 31, 2010 11:10 AM in response to aldo007

I am having the same problem. How did you resolve. I am going to the store to exchange it for my 3rd IMac in 3 days. This is very frustrating.

TomeOne

Level 1

4 points

Jan 20, 2011 11:04 PM in response to suzkid

I notice a constant noise coming from my HDD. You know how I stop it? I open up the System Preferences.

Yeah.

Jan 25, 2011 7:50 AM in response to suzkid

Well people, Apple technical assistance here in Brasilia had to change the HD and the motherboard for brand new ones to solve the annoying internal "hungry stomach" sound. Now it is running like a jet!!! Wowwwwwwwwwwwww!!!

27" iMac hard drive noise