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Podfather
post Fri 12 Aug 2005, 12:04
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Not sure if anyone else has come accross this.

Mac spec

Powermac G5 dual 2.7ghz
2 gb ram
250gb serial ata
ati radeon 9650
RME Fireface 800
Logic Pro 7.1
Reason 3

Whenever I start Logic my hard drive starts a failry high pitch whining noise. If I then add Reason via Rewire - it gets worse? Has anyone else come accross this?
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fictionmusic
post Tue 23 Aug 2005, 07:16
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Someone else has already mentioned the nap fix (which imo is in fact a fix).

My computer whines too.

A good way to find out if it is a Nap issue is to mouse over some functions in a program and see if the whine pitch changes at all. If it does you should download CHUD tools and install it
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/8506

Once installed go to:
Open hardware prefs/and uncheck nap (which is what the whole nap thing is about)

That should do it.


Every time you fire up your mac you will need to uncheck nap but other than that you'll be fine.

I have had a G5 2x2 for over 2 years and its been like that. It is on almost all day every day and it works flawlessly (unlike some software I use) so like I said , imo, it is a real fix.
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