Sounds more like a cooling fan to me. Any chance that something could be loose and caught in the fan cage? The frame of the fan could also be loose in its bracket allowing it to twist or torque when you lift the Mac. "Justin R. Miller" wrote: > Yeah. I believe this one said "failing" but regardless was > definitely in red. We used Migration Assistant to move her to a new > Mac and all the data seemed to come over. > > On Oct 23, 2005, at 1:35 PM, Jim Freeman wrote: > > > Thanks Justin. I checked and it says "verified". I guess that means > > it's ok. > > > > Jim > > > > On 23-Oct-05, at 11:59 AM, Justin R. Miller wrote: > > > >> Try opening Disk Utility and check on the S.M.A.R.T. status? I > >> had a co-worker's drive fail this past week... the machine was > >> beachballing a lot and when I went to check that out, it said the > >> drive was close to imminent failure. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PowerBook mailing list > > PowerBook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/powerbook > > > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > > stuff: > > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > > -- > Justin R. Miller > incanus at codesorcery.net > > _______________________________________________ > PowerBook mailing list > PowerBook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/powerbook > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984