[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":135},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog:2006:macbook_pro_whine_fix_in_3_hours":3,"blogMore-Technology":121,"comments-macbook_pro_whine_fix_in_3_hours":134},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":103,"commentCount":104,"date":105,"description":12,"excerpt":106,"extension":107,"filenames":108,"hidden":109,"image":108,"meta":110,"minutes":99,"navigation":111,"path":112,"seo":113,"showCategory":108,"stem":114,"tags":115,"updated":108,"url":118,"wordCount":119,"__hash__":120},"content\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fmacbook_pro_whine_fix_in_3_hours.md","MacBook Pro whine fix in 3 hours",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":97},"minimark",[9,13,24,27,32,35,63,66,70,73,76,79,91],[10,11,12],"p",{},"It’s been an odd couple of weeks for my MacBook Pro 15″.",[10,14,15,16,23],{},"First of all I find that my ",[17,18,22],"a",{"href":19,"rel":20},"https:\u002F\u002Fsupport.apple.com\u002Fmacbookpro15\u002Fbatteryexchange\u002F",[21],"nofollow","battery is one affected by a recall"," and so Apple send me a new battery complete with incorrect instructions on how to return.",[10,25,26],{},"Then I find that the whine that my machine emanated from under the left of the keyboard when on battery power gets semi-acknowledged in a knowledge base article.",[28,29,31],"h2",{"id":30},"quick-turnaround-on-service","Quick turnaround on service",[10,33,34],{},"Unable to live with my MacBook Pro for more than a day or two now that it’s my primary machine for work and home and being that this issue is more an annoyance than a show stopper I tried the following:",[36,37,38,42,45,48,51,54,57,60],"ol",{},[39,40,41],"li",{},"Locate my nearest Apple Authorized Service Center",[39,43,44],{},"Call Apple support, explain the problem and reference the KB article",[39,46,47],{},"Obtain the case ID from Apple and tell them I want it repaired at the aforementioned service center",[39,49,50],{},"Head to the service center, demonstrate problem to engineer and provide him with case ID, KB article and my phone number",[39,52,53],{},"Wait for engineer to call back confirming that parts have been requested against the case ID (in this case a new logic board)",[39,55,56],{},"Continue using my machine until I get a call from engineer that parts are in",[39,58,59],{},"Arrange to drop-off machine to engineer when he will be able to work on it and then drop it off",[39,61,62],{},"Get call from engineer that machine is ready and collect it!",[10,64,65],{},"Total time MacBook Pro out of my hands … 3 hours.",[28,67,69],{"id":68},"the-afterglow-of-replacement-logic-board","The afterglow of replacement logic board",[10,71,72],{},"The annoying whine is gone and the case has yet to get too hot to touch!",[10,74,75],{},"They also supply new 10.4.6 CD’s (v1.3) with a note that if I need to reinstall Mac OS X I will need to use these as the original ones supplied with my machine will not contain necessary support for this logic board revision.",[10,77,78],{},"There are a few odd issues though…",[80,81,82,85,88],"ul",{},[39,83,84],{},"It now reports its serial number as SystemSerialNumb. Hope that doesn’t cause a problem with any shareware applications.",[39,86,87],{},"Windows XP required considerable time to boot the first time after the replacement board and the fans whirred right up while doing so.",[39,89,90],{},"The iSight camera driver reported “unprogrammed” in device manager. A quick uninstall and detect sorted that out.",[10,92,93],{},[94,95,96],"em",{},"[)amien",{"title":98,"searchDepth":99,"depth":99,"links":100},"",2,[101,102],{"id":30,"depth":99,"text":31},{"id":68,"depth":99,"text":69},"Technology",1,"2006-08-23T03:26:58+00:00","[object Object]","md",null,false,{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fmacbook_pro_whine_fix_in_3_hours",{"title":5,"description":12},"blog\u002F2006\u002Fmacbook_pro_whine_fix_in_3_hours",[116,117],"Apple","MacBook","\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fmacbook_pro_whine_fix_in_3_hours\u002F",383,"NufRZOc7OeYPXTDYz--aNBJHOed1hVN73PhUEKEure8",[122,126,130],{"title":123,"date":124,"url":125},"VTX5000: Part 4 - Communications","2026-05-06T10:19:24.727Z","\u002Fblog\u002F2026\u002Fvtx5000-part-4-comms-routines\u002F",{"title":127,"date":128,"url":129},"VTX5000: Part 3 - Software ROM","2026-04-15T23:00:00.000Z","\u002Fblog\u002F2026\u002Fvtx5000-part-3-software-rom\u002F",{"title":131,"date":132,"url":133},"VTX5000: Part 2 - Hardware","2026-03-30T23:00:00.000Z","\u002Fblog\u002F2026\u002Fprism-vtx5000-part-2\u002F",[],1780900521944]