Help, before its too late

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
11/11/2020 at 17:01 • Filed to: None

Is my MBP giving up the ghost in solidarity with oppo?

Turn up the volume. Its STILL doing this right now. Im backing up some work I did on it just in case.

DISCUSSION (28)

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch
11/11/2020 at 17:02

Could be a fan? But other than that, I would back that up ASAP.

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn
11/11/2020 at 17:04

Do you know of a good complete mirror backup solution?

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > HammerheadFistpunch
11/11/2020 at 17:07

whats that mysterious ticking noise?

For Sweden > HammerheadFistpunch
11/11/2020 at 17:08

Hope you like ARM

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch
11/11/2020 at 17:09

I use Time Machine for all my backups. That said, I have never needed to restore from a TM backup, but I would imagine it works just fine.

flatisflat > HammerheadFistpunch
11/11/2020 at 17:09

TimeMachine?

Chariotoflove > HammerheadFistpunch
11/11/2020 at 17:09

Carbon Copy Cloner? I don’t use it, but many in the biz swear by it.

HammerheadFistpunch > For Sweden
11/11/2020 at 17:10

I like arm, and leg.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > For Sweden
11/11/2020 at 17:10

If half the stuff they’re saying is true, there’s no reason not to (other than locking yourself inside a dungeon, inside a castle, inside a walled garden).

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > HammerheadFistpunch
11/11/2020 at 17:12

If you put your ear to it, where is the sound coming from roughly? Front of the machine, back?

If you shut it off, does that sound stop INSTANTLY or do you hear it ‘spool down’?

Go into the Disk Utility and see somewhere if there is a button that details SMART info on the hard drive.

Does it seem slower than usual? Longer loading times when opening files and such?

Burtman > HammerheadFistpunch
11/11/2020 at 17:13

I’ve heard similar in the past on my old wor k MacBook Pro. I think I used some manual fan control to spin up the fans to maximum for a minute or so in the hope it would kill or cure. In this case it cured and it’s been behaving for at least six months.

HammerheadFistpunch > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
11/11/2020 at 17:14

Up by the delete key, sound stops instantly , no spinning hard disc.

facw > HammerheadFistpunch
11/11/2020 at 17:14

Does this machine have a spinning disk HDD? Or is the only moving component the fan? HDD would be easy to replace. Fan should be possible, but I imagine it would be way more of a pain (still probably worth it to save the machine) .

jminer > HammerheadFistpunch
11/11/2020 at 17:15

That doesn’t sound good - that’s a static/feedback sound which might as simple as a failing speaker, but could also be a larger short.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > HammerheadFistpunch
11/11/2020 at 17:16

What model of MBP?

HammerheadFistpunch > Burtman
11/11/2020 at 17:16

Might be it. I blasted the left fan and it sounds normal but the right fan sounds different but bad and 500 rpm slow.

HammerheadFistpunch > facw
11/11/2020 at 17:17

its a solid state on motherboard HDD. Im thinking its the fan.

HammerheadFistpunch > jminer
11/11/2020 at 17:18

sounds like a short to me, I checked the speakers, its not them. I think its the right fan.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > HammerheadFistpunch
11/11/2020 at 17:18

What model MBP? Might be pretty easy to replace the fan if necessary.

HammerheadFistpunch > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
11/11/2020 at 17:18

2017 15"

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > HammerheadFistpunch
11/11/2020 at 17:19

It’s probably a fan. Easy fix and not as dire as it sounds.

facw > HammerheadFistpunch
11/11/2020 at 17:22

If it’s the fan, the g ood news is that even if the fan dies completely, the machine will probably just throttle down its CPU and be a bit slower, so you shouldn’t lose anything. Some possibility it locks up instead of just slowing down, but modern hardware has gotten pretty good at this (I’ve lost two fans in work laptops, and my personal laptop doesn’t even have a fan).

HammerheadFistpunch > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
11/11/2020 at 17:22

Sorry 2018 MBP 15" Core i7

jminer > HammerheadFistpunch
11/11/2020 at 17:23

Which macbook do you have? At first I thought it sounded like a failing hard drive, but figured it can’t be that old.

HammerheadFistpunch > facw
11/11/2020 at 17:26

Yeah, I have apple care on this machine but it SUUUUUCKS to use it because of work level encryption . It takes me weeks and weeks to get it back when I have to hand it to our IS department. If its hardware and they can replace it onsite that would be ideal.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > HammerheadFistpunch
11/11/2020 at 18:49

If it does turn out to be a fan, here is a disassembly guide if you fancy changing it out yourself?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBC1FU01cw8

HammerheadFistpunch > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
11/11/2020 at 18:53

Perfect! They would freak at the thought of me doing, but I will just add that to my list of things that I do that they hate.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > HammerheadFistpunch
11/11/2020 at 19:09

I’ve changed a motherboard and battery in similar vintage Macbook Pros before. It’s not too bad! (I do computer repair on the side)