[Ti] powerbook buzzing

[Dennis Fazio]

On Mar 9, 2006, at 11:01 AM, Jim Freeman wrote:

> After the replacement I had no fan noise for a couple of months,  
> which makes me think they were right. Or could it be something  
> defect in the HD that causes it to overheat and activate the fan

If the bearings are going  or lubrication is failing, there could be  
more friction in the spindle generating more heat causing the fans to  
come on.

I don't know how difficult it is to replace a PowerBook G4 disk;  
haven't tried it, but there are instructions out on the web.

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Dennis Fazio
dfz at mac.com