[Ti] PowerBook going Haywire

[Sambouka]

I have owned my powerbook for the past two years now and so far I have 
had an excellent experience. Lately however, my PowerBook has been 
acting funny. Right now, I have four major issues that I need to 
resolve:

1. Hard Drive: I can still use my hard drive but can't rely on it. I 
have a bad cluster that tends to crash it every now and then. I back up 
on a regular basis just in case. I will be getting a new hard drive 
soon.
2. Titanium Paint: Many of you Titanium PowerBook owners face the same 
problem, the chipping of the paint. It makes your beautiful PowerBook 
look ugly, and a new cover case doesn't come cheap!
3. Mouse Click: The mouse button on my mouse pad stopped working, it 
doesn't _press_ anymore. It started off that only the left side was 
acting funny a few days ago, but seemed to work after a few minutes of 
use. Now I can only use the tapping on my mouse pad to select.
4. Fan Noise: I am getting a weird noise from the fan on the right side 
of my PB. The noise comes on only when all the fans are running (when 
using video editing).

Are point 3 and 4 known issues? Do I need to take it to an apple store 
to fix it or can it be done at home?

Cheers,

Sam
-- 
OS 10.3.7
PowerBook G4 867 MHz,
1GB RAM, 32MB Video,
60GB HD, 250GB External HD
Airport Express
30GB iPod
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