[G4] Clicking noise

[tony melvin]

Hello,

I had a drive that was also clicking- this lasted 6
weeks and then died.  I had a feeling it was dying and
did a back-up.

6 weeks with a clicking harddrive also slowed down my
system and I had alot of crashes when my OS X was
coming out of sleep mode.

Cheers
T

--- Kurt Appling <wappling at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> RE; I agree, to be safe, Assume the drive is bad and
> backup now,however 
> before you replace it try first a write zero"s
> reformat,on some 
> ocassions this noise can be the result of software,
> extreem 
> fragmentation is one example.
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at 03:08 PM, Daniel
> Brieck wrote:
> 
> > Yes, Sherry It is very safe to say that your drive
> is starting to 
> > malfunction and probably is going to "die" in the
> very near future. At 
> > school we had a brand new dell making that same
> clicking noise when 
> > its Hard drive died. I would suggest backing up
> you important files 
> > and documents and getting a new hard drive put in
> very soon. It looks 
> > like you should be still under warrantee from
> apple , so call apple 
> > care and tell them the problem. They should have
> you fixed up in no 
> > time.
> >
> > Dan Brieck Jr.
> >
> > On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at 01:51  PM, Sherry
> Plummer wrote:
> >
> >> I have a G4-933 that is about 6-7 months old.  I
> am using V10.1.5.  I 
> >> just bought Jaguar OS 10.2.  I am somewhat
> hesitant in installing it 
> >> as the G4 is making strange noises.  When I start
> up the machine I 
> >> can hear soft clicking noises.  I think what I
> hear is it  reading 
> >> the hard drive?  Everything seems to be up and
> running ok, *except* 
> >> it will make *loud* clicking noises.  Something
> like a bold clicking 
> >> into the lock position.   I think this is when it
> is accessing the 
> >> hard drive?
> >>
> >> Is my hard drive dying???
> >>
> >> Sherry
> >>
> 
> 
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