Re: iMac sleep and weird sound problem

Hi Eric,

Your computer might be suffering from a bad logic board. I've had a few
iMacs where the fan would kick into overdrive and various display
problems.

Check out this site to see if your serial number falls into the range of
affected iMacs:

http://www.apple.com/support/imac/repairextensionprogram/

Your computer should be covered under the initial warranty of 1 year if
purchased in March.

Thanks,
Anthony

On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 ericf@socrates.berkeley.edu wrote:

> Hello all:
>
> I'm writing here before I submit a work request with the Hardware Support
> folks, so here goes.
>
> I have a user who has a 17" iMac, 1.8Ghz, 512MB RAM who purchased it in
> March. Just recently, a problem started in that whenever it was not used
> for a while it would go into "sleep" mode (screen goes black) and then a
> little while later a high-pitch "whiny" sound would start, similar to a
> small fan being revved up way too high for it's capacity. Clicking on the
> mouse or any other key would not "wake" the computer up and the only way to
> get any functionality back is to power it down and re-start it. I'm
> assuming that it's under warranty still, but wonder if anybody else has
> experienced this before, of if we're just cursed? Thanks.
>
> eric
>
>
> Eric Fong
> Computer Resource Specialist
> Department of Ethnic Studies
> 506 Barrows Hall #2570
> U.C. Berkeley
> Berkeley, CA 94720-2570
> 510.642.6555
> 510.642.6456 - Fax
>
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