Macbook Air HDD seek sound?

Cheetah Designs · 3 Dec 2011 at 14:56

Whenever I download something from the internet I can hear some clicking noising like a HDD seeking. I was under the impression that a SSD doesn't make any noise - what could this noise be?

I only get it when downloading

icedbullet · 3 Dec 2011 at 15:19

Its the disapproving tutting sound from Steve Jobs beyond the grave, as you download pr0n onto the holiest of holy ssd's...

...on a more serious note it could be one of the fans clicking as cpu usage increases.

WiBu · 3 Dec 2011 at 15:35

Is it really a clicking noise or more a faint whine or hiss? It's most likely loaded capacitors humming/vibrating away at hight frequency than anything else.

Deleted member 77746 · 3 Dec 2011 at 15:41

It will be the fan. MBA's have SSD. No HDD noise.

VaderDSL · 3 Dec 2011 at 15:42

Which MBA the early ones came with a 5400rpm drive at the entry level spec.

Rameses · 3 Dec 2011 at 15:58

VaderDSL said:
Which MBA the early ones came with a 5400rpm drive at the entry level spec.

Yep, 80gb ipod hdd drive wasnt it? awful!

VaderDSL · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:01

AmTechFox said:
Yep, 80gb ipod hdd drive wasnt it? awful!

Yeah

tell me about it

Cheetah Designs · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:12

It sounds like a HDD seek. Don't know much about electronics/physics but the capacitor thing sounds most likely.

I will stake a lot of money on the fact it isn't the fan.

EDIT: Its the latest 13" version.

Deleted member 77746 · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:31

Cheetah Designs said:
It sounds like a HDD seek. Don't know much about electronics/physics but the capacitor thing sounds most likely.

I will stake a lot of money on the fact it isn't the fan.

EDIT: Its the latest 13" version.

If it's the latest 13" model theres no chance it's a HDD click.

VaderDSL · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:32

Most likely a fan then, they can sometimes seem to catch on something making it sound like a clicking noise.

Cheetah Designs · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:39

I refuse to believe its the fan. Happens on 2 Macbook airs (both the latest 13" model). Deterministically when downloading/large consistent storage usage.

Ur round next · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:59

Hmm i have the latest 11" model and i download large amounts of data and never heard this noise before, As above i think it must be the fan.

Deleted member 77746 · 3 Dec 2011 at 17:09

Cheetah Designs said:
I refuse to believe its the fan. Happens on 2 Macbook airs (both the latest 13" model). Deterministically when downloading/large consistent storage usage.

mrbell1984 said:
It will be the fan. MBA's have SSD. No HDD noise.

VaderDSL said:
Most likely a fan then, they can sometimes seem to catch on something making it sound like a clicking noise.

Ur round next said:
Hmm i have the latest 11" model and i download large amounts of data and never heard this noise before, As above i think it must be the fan.

Alright then, it's NOT the fan. Suite yourself. Can you get a video of it happening?

Cheetah Designs · 3 Dec 2011 at 17:10

mrbell1984 said:
Alright then, it's NOT the fan. Suite yourself. Can you get a video of it happening?

I will try to when I get a quite environment enough to be able to hear it.

"andy" · 4 Dec 2011 at 09:15

mrbell1984 said:
If it's the latest 13" model theres no chance it's a HDD click.

why no chance ? my SSD aint silent.

or at least something on my macbook makes noise when it is being used. and the fan speed isn't changing according to monitors.

MikeHiow · 4 Dec 2011 at 15:36

I was also convinced my C300 SSD in my PC made noise under heavy use.

Deleted member 77746 · 5 Dec 2011 at 18:47

How can SSD drives make noise? They are a just chips. Solid State.