Noisy Ti/500

[Peter Krug]

I have upgraded one of my coworkers from a WallStreet PBG3 to a 
Ti/500.  He complains about the loud whining noises coming from under 
the trackpad and wants me to either fix it or send it in to Apple for 
them to fix it.  When I had a Ti/500, I remember it being pretty 
noisy, but he says it is unbearable to work with it.  I'm pretty sure 
it's the hard drive or some fan near the hard drive - the noise kicks 
on immediately after powering on.  Attempts to get the hard drive to 
spin down have failed to stop the noise - I think I can hear the 
drive heads parking, but the whine never stops.

I vaguely remember hearing references to a hard drive fan and 
possibly disconnecting it.  But I can't find anything online.  Am I 
dreaming about a hard drive fan?  I opened the Ti up and couldn't 
find anything.  Is my only option to get him a new hardrive?

Thanks for any info,

Peter
-- 
A little computer haiku:
I can't remember
the last time I restarted
I love OS X

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