Just recived my new 21.5 iMac with fusion drive, and I hear a whirling noise, as if a disk was loading? Very disturbing???

Noise is totally unacceptable. Anybody aware of this problem with recent iMac purchase?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 11, 2021 8:16 AM

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Allan Jones

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Posted on Jan 11, 2021 8:33 AM

A Fusion drive is a tiny SSD combined with a conventional hard drive. Also called a "hybrid" drive. The conventional side makes the same noises as every other mechanical hard drive.

My iMac has a factory SSD and it is not completely silent. None are. iMac have cooling fans.

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Allan Jones

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Jan 11, 2021 8:33 AM in response to iMac2021

A Fusion drive is a tiny SSD combined with a conventional hard drive. Also called a "hybrid" drive. The conventional side makes the same noises as every other mechanical hard drive.

My iMac has a factory SSD and it is not completely silent. None are. iMac have cooling fans.

rkaufmann87

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Jan 11, 2021 8:20 AM in response to iMac2021

If you bought it directly from Apple you have 14 days to return it. Please replace it with a model that has a minimum of 16GB of RAM and the largest SSD you can afford though!!!

If you bought it from a reseller speak to them about an exchange.

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Just recived my new 21.5 iMac with fusion drive, and I hear a whirling noise, as if a disk was loading? Very disturbing???