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    Please help! MacBook makes crackling sounds

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by dyancuevas, Feb 8, 2009.

  1. dyancuevas

    dyancuevas Notebook Enthusiast

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    My MacBook has recently been making crackling sounds (very static-ky), especially when I use YM or play the Funk sound in the Sound Preferences. Generally, the crackling sound occurs when I get an alert or any short bursts of sound that quickly plays. After that, the crackling goes away until the next abrupt alert plays.

    Also, when I play the Funk sound in quick succession, the systemwide sound altogether fails. I know it's not a speaker thing since the same scenario occurs even when I use headphones.

    Could it be a software or logicboard thing? Please help as this is very frustrating. Thank you in advance.
     
    dyancuevas, Feb 8, 2009
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    agentphish Notebook Geek

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    very well could be, but could also be a corrupted sound driver. I had a corrupt video driver out of the box. After a few months of banging my head against the wall I just finally reinstalled 10.5 from scratch and it solved everything.

    you can always go to an apple store for a free diagnosis.

    Good luck.
     
    agentphish, Feb 11, 2009
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    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    yes, i suggest you do a clean install of os x or if you feel uneasy to do so, you could fix an appointment with a genius.
     
    Luke1708, Feb 11, 2009
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    dyancuevas Notebook Enthusiast

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    I guess I'll have to bring it to an Apple Center since it seems to be a hardware issue.

    Tried logging in to another account, and archiving and installing, but the noise is still there. Incidentally, the problem started when I started using Yahoo Messenger, and would worsen when I send or receive messages.

    I would very much love to do a clean install, but I already have too much stuff in my hard drive, and I have no other means to back them up.
     
    dyancuevas, Feb 24, 2009
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