[iBook] endless spinning cursor

[R Hefner]

Hi Matt and everyone,
 
Thanks for the replys. I am a little scared now because I have also been having kernal panics a lot when my modem disconnects. What exactly is drive failure? Is it operable? I know these are silly questions but this computer has not given me any probelms for almost 3 years now.
 
How do you check SMART status? I am running 10.2.8 so this is not built into Disk Utility like it is in Panther, I think. Also, can you check SMART status on ANY drive or does it have to be a certain drive to be SMART checkable?
 
If it matters, my iBook is a 12" 700MHz with 384mb RAM. The drive is a 30gb Ultra ATA.  This iBook came on the scene in May 2002.
 
Thanks again!
Ronda

Matthew Faulds <mattfaulds at hotmail.com> wrote:
Don't want to scare you but this sounds horribly familiar. Have you checked 
the SMART status of your HD? My 12" ibook had similar behaviour and the 
drive suddenly failed.

Matt



		
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