[P1] clicking sound on iBook

[Mark Kippert]

Dave Meilstrup on 4/16/03 11:03 AM wrote:

> I am having same thing begin to happen since I installed 10.2.5: After
> installing 10.2.5 an irregular clicking sound began to happen every .5
> second or so when on battery (power disconnected). The sound goes away
> immediately when power is connected. It returns a few seconds after
> power is disconnected. It seems to be a disk access but the sound is
> different than normal disk accesses  (more like a pop than a click :-).
> 

Seems to me that it would have something to do with the Energy Saver
settings in the System Preferences. I would assume that when doing a safe
boot these settings are not loaded.

You might try deselecting the 'Put hard drive to sleep when possible' option
on both 'Battery Power' and 'Power Adapter' settings just to see what
happens. Maybe when on battery it keeps trying to put the drive to sleep.

Just a thought.

-Mark