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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

Jan 26, 2011 9:36 PM in response to Ali O.

Thank you for your solution.. Worked like a charm!

Feb 4, 2011 7:01 AM in response to grahamthughes

Wanna an advice? Do what I've did. Take it to the Authorized Assistance. The problem is really serious.

Feb 7, 2011 10:59 AM in response to Roland777

If the noise you're hearing buddy is that one like a HUNGRY STOMACH almost all the time, believe me better look the the Authorized Assistance in Vancouver. Like I said before, I had to do so and Apple authorized here in Brasilia changed both the HDD and the motherboard

Avi Tzur

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Feb 18, 2011 4:22 AM in response to Avi Tzur

There is a firmware update for seagate hard drive.
the question is can I install it on my iMac drive? I know that apple build their own firmware...

Avi Tzur

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Mar 6, 2011 11:27 AM in response to suzkid

Hi,
I just take my iMac from apple, they replace the SG drive to Samsung F3 drive. no more PAK PAK..

Apr 10, 2011 10:13 AM in response to suzkid

I' m Maurizio from Italy, i have a iMac 27 i7 Quad Core, same noise, same unsolved problem ( Genius Bar has changed my 2 TB HDD, but nothing happens).
I don't know what to do now..
Any suggestions?

Oksy

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Jun 13, 2011 2:21 PM in response to suzkid

Hey guys,

Anyone know if this is still an issue with the new iMacs that were released in mid-2011? Did apple create firmware or do something to address it?

GMakris

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Jul 28, 2011 4:08 AM in response to tommytboner

i bought the 'hdd fan control' from here http://www.hddfancontrol.com/

/g.

puddytat

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Jan 19, 2012 12:01 PM in response to Mike95

That sounds like a painful learning experience. Thanks for sharing.

puddytat

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Jan 20, 2012 10:37 PM in response to deepnarc

thank you deepnarc! 🙂

puddytat

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Jan 20, 2012 10:43 PM in response to deepnarc

deepnarc wrote:

I replaced the stock seagate HDD with a 2.0TB Western Digital Caviar Green "GreenPower" SATA-II HDD drive.

Just to be sure, please tell me part number for the drive? Thx much.

deepnarc

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Jan 20, 2012 11:37 PM in response to puddytat

Well, I can tell you I got it from Other World Computing.

HTH

Feb 3, 2012 8:41 AM in response to suzkid

Well, 2009 iMac is not the same as 2011 - there are no proprietary hard drives used.

BTW 2007 iMacs could use any HDDs without issues, so Apple intentionally makes things harder and harder.

deepnarc

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Feb 6, 2012 12:20 PM in response to sbr62

It's probably less grief to pay OWC to change the drive, or change it yourself. Good luck.

Spinnn

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Feb 7, 2012 4:22 PM in response to Spinnn

...And the objective testing made on this WD drive:

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article904-page2.html

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