Apple KB article: MacBook Pro whine

if i was to take my whiney 15" MacBook Pro to the Apple store in London, would they just replace it with a new one, or send it away to be fixed?

I'd be interested in calling and seeing if they'd offer a repair after mentioning this KB article. I'm going to try when I get back from my vacation. So far I've had my MBP in for a fan replacement but they didn't acknowledge the hiss/whine at the time (to be honest, the fan noise was buzzing and clipping so bad it actually masked the whine completely.)

I suspect they knew about the problem from the start, but didn't have a solution until now. So rather than have a KB that says "We're working on it" which doesn't really say much, they now say "Bring it in, we'll fix it."

This dovetails with the previous report of new motherboards which fix the whining problem.

The guys over at InsanelyMac (OSx86Project) bring out a few good points about this here:
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=22664

From the article:
First, notice that it just covers the 15-inch model, despite the fact that other models exhibit the same problems.

Second, check out the date at the bottom of the page. It seems the problem was noticed as early as February 24, 2006 but wasn't made public until July 21, 2006. That means that Apple was aware of the issue as the first units were being shipped back in February... but didn't take the time to either 1) let the public know about it by making the KB article live or 2) working to fix the problem!

I just called Apple and they are taking my MacBook Pro in for service.

I took mine in and described exactly that -- a high-pitched whine. Within a week, I had my machine back with the new logic board. It's wonderful.

Has anyone had their display inverter problem (e.g. the screen buzz sound that occurs when the display is on anything but 100% ) fixed?

Aren't the buzzing sounds (caused by a fault inverter) and the whining sounds (no fix) two separate sounds?

looks like they knew everything all these months, huh?

Date Modified: July 21, 2006