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Noise from MacBook Pro Retina 13 late 2013

Hi,


I wonder if noise from my MacBook Pro Retina 13 late 2013 is normal. I can hear it only in quiet room (first time I heard it in the middle of the night). It’s very quiet noise. I don't know what to compare this noise. For me it’s sounds like clicking the spring. I can hear it when scrolling the webpage by trackpad, start mission control by gesture (or F3 key), changing the full screen apps by gesture or when minimize Safari or other apps. I think it depends on the graphic system work. It’s a little lauder when I use 1680x1050 scaled resolution than use 'best for display' resolution. I think the noise occurs when graphic system do some operation. Is it possible?


Today I was in Authorized Service Provider but technician heard nothing. There I can't hear this noise too, because this noise is very quiet and there is not total silence. Diagnostic tools show that everything is ok. But I still hear it in total quiet room. I tried to record this noise by iPhone but it can't do that.


Can you do me a favor and check this on your MacBook? Sit in totally quiet room, please. Set the scaled resolution 1680x1050 then bring ear closer to the keyboard and scroll a webpage (which have a lot of graphics) by gesture on the trackpad, start mission control or open notification center. Can you hear then any noise? Please listen carefully, because this is very quiet noise.


I’ll be very gratefully for your help. I wonder if only my MacBook making this noises or all MacBook Retina late 2013 making this.


Regards,

Mateusz

OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 12, 2013 2:53 PM

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Nov 1, 2014 11:36 AM in response to emati

I have the same graphics-related problem. I only started noticing it a few months after I purchased it and assumed the parts had worn after repeated cycles of heating and cooling. It seems more pronounced when I am running clamshell mode, wired up to a 1080p HDMI display. This seems paradoxical, as powering a 1080p display should take significantly less graphics effort than powering the inbuilt Retina.

Dec 30, 2014 7:54 AM in response to emati

I have a Retina Mid 2012 (original model) and I have the same noise problem (sounds like accessing a spinning HDD) when I scroll on web pages, Discrete graphics (650M) or Integrated. I was just wondering if newer 2014+ models exhibit the same behavior? If not, I'm upgrading!


I bought a laptop with an SSD so it'd be silent; not sound like I have a spinning disk still!

Noise from MacBook Pro Retina 13 late 2013

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