[PB] Re: [Ti] strange noise

[Justin R. Miller]

Try opening Disk Utility and check on the S.M.A.R.T. status?  I had a  
co-worker's drive fail this past week... the machine was beachballing  
a lot and when I went to check that out, it said the drive was close  
to imminent failure.

On Oct 23, 2005, at 10:16 AM, Jim Freeman wrote:

> I'm afraid there might be a problem with the hard drive on my PBG4  
> and I'm wondering if anyone has any insights before I call  
> AppleCare. Whenever I pick up the powerbook while it's running I  
> hear a buzzing sound, like something rotating at high speeds is  
> rubbing somewhere. It reminds me of the sound made by a grinder or  
> a buffer. This sound doesn't not occur when the computer is resting  
> on a flat surface, only when I pick it up. I make an effort now to  
> pick it up carefully with two hands, and the sound depends on how I  
> hold it, but I pretty much get it every time I move it. The  
> computer is a year old, under AppleCare, with an Apple installed  
> hard drive. There are no other issues and I'm pretty good about  
> backing everything up to an external drive and to .mac. I'd hate to  
> be without a computer if Apple wanted me to send it in. Or maybe  
> it's too ambiguous a problem to get any help from Apple. But I'd  
> hate to have my HD crash on me, and the sound is annoying.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> Powerbook G4 12" 1.33 GHz
> OS X 10.4.2
> 768 MB Ram
> 80 Gig HD
>
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Justin R. Miller
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