Sure sounds like yer hard disk is giving up the ghost... Visit here for some sounds of hard drives on the way out http://www.hitachigst.com/hddt/knowtree.nsf/cffe836ed7c12018862565b000530c74 /4b1a62a50f405d0d86256756006e340c?OpenDocument On 26/1/06 1:53 PM, "Lacorona at aol.com" <Lacorona at aol.com> wrote: > Hi everyone > > well, my cube is making sounds intermittantly that sound like alien hums; on / > off.... on/ off electronic eeking noise. Then comes with a camera , then a > disk witha blinking qusestion mark. Then more keening sound (high pitched sort > of not whine, but, well, sweaky tone you might expect from an alarm clock set > on low volume. > > Also, the 23 inch monitor is not lighting up as it once did as brightly. Ok, > just not as bright. The large thingy with lots of little holes in it...? The > Power pack, or whatever it is called that the plug goes into and then into the > wall... that unit ws replaced about a year ago at a rather high cost. Could it > be that again? If theplug gets even the slightest bit loose, things dont work. > But, I have checked and double checked all connections, and nope that doesnt > appear to be the problem. > > is my cube all eightlegs up? It has OS 10.2 and a partition to os9. Has worked > perfectly for years except for bad thingie(technical term) I mentioned before. > > ah sigh > > best, > ceep > > _______________________________________________ > Cube mailing list > Cube at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/cube/attachments/20060126/a4aa17cb/attachment.html