Mac mini Late 2018 Teardown

Re:Mac mini Late 2018 Teardown by environment on Friday November 09, 2018 @02:09PM (#18417002)

The new mac mini makes a constant electrical noise when I move the mouse. It is audible and irritating >2 meters away from the mac. I have tried hubs, different ports and nothing else connected. It is ok with a wireless mouse, lower polling rate. The fan is quiet, not irritating.

I might have sensitive hearing. Many modern gadgets are a pain in the ear. This type of noise digs deep and ruins the mood. I am sending it back. This is my data point, might not represent all new mac minis.

edit: I can probably go for a low polling rate, but then I wonder about tomorrow. What other use case will stress the same circuit components?

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Re:Mac mini Late 2018 Teardown by Angostura on Friday November 09, 2018 @03:01PM (#18417418)

Take it back, get a replacement.

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Re:Mac mini Late 2018 Teardown by PascLeRasc on Friday November 09, 2018 @02:49PM (#18417315)

I've had coil whine on a Windows PC before, but I fixed it by using a USB hub between. Your monitor might have one built-in, see if that fixes it. It also only occurred with one mouse for me, but it was my favorite one so I wanted to keep it.

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Re:Mac mini Late 2018 Teardown by Crabtr on Saturday November 10, 2018 @12:43AM (#18420132)

That whine's almost 100% coming from the CPU as it's a common issue with Intel CPUs these days. It's the weirdest thing ever, but my Hackintosh makes it as well (i7-6700k) so you're not crazy. It also very notably comes and goes independent of workload and mouse polling rates, but no matter the case I'd still return/replace the Mini just because it's an option.

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Re:Mac mini Late 2018 Teardown by willio58 on Friday November 09, 2018 @07:36PM (#18419199)

This is abnormal.. I would try to get a replacement from Apple

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