[Ti] fluttering screen and fan always on

[silvo conticello]

On 16 Jun 2005, at 23:18, Peter Sealy wrote:
> On 16/06/2005, at 9:32 PM, silvo conticello wrote:
>> The TiBook of a friend of mine (867MHz) has got these 2 problems:
>> - There are a lot of fluttering pixels on the screen (especially in 
>> the lower part)
>> - After starting it up, the fan starts spinning and it will never 
>> stop.

> But are you sure it is the fan which starts up and won't stop? If the 
> noise is a faint background whirring noise it probably is the hard 
> drive. I was confused about this for ages, thinking the fan was always 
> running but eventually I concluded it was the hard drive. One way to 
> check if the fan is running is dangle a piece of cotton thread over 
> the fan exhaust outlet at the right hand side of the case below the 
> ON-OFF button and see if the thread is blown by force of the fan 
> exhaust.

Yes, it is the fan certainly (I've got a noisy HD in the past too)
silvo

Silvo Conticello
Albook 17" 1.5GHz/1.5Gb RAM/80Gb HD/OS10.3.9
iMac 1GHz/500Mb Ram/80Gb HD/OS10.3.9/17" display
Cambridge UK