[iBook] system freeze following sound

[Kelly Cherrey]

Joy,

The hard drive is underneath the left hand rest and the cooling fan is near
the slots adjacent to the lid hinge.  When the cooling fan is running it
draws air in via the slots at the left edge, across the hard drive and
other internal components, and out the slots near the hinge.

Opening the iBook for the first time can be a challenge, fortunately there
are good resources available on-line:

<http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/50.0.0.html>
<http://repair4laptop.org/disassembly_apple.html>

Apple take-apart repair guides are posted at:

<http://fileshare.eshop.bg/equipment_mfg/Apple_26.html>

Good luck!
Kelly

On 5/26/06 at 9:15 AM -0500, Joy Freeman wrote:

> My husband is on the road. His iBook (dual-usb G3, 600MHz) went down
> yesterday, but he got it back up this morning long enough to send the
> following email:
>
>> I got a system freeze yesterday afternoon, following a loud sound
>>from--okay,
>> if you put your hands on either side of the trackpad, the sound was coming
>> from underneath the left. I thought it was a dead hard drive, but now I'm
>> thinking maybe a fan failing or clogging and an overheating experience.
>>Do you
>> know any way to check logs for fan or drive faiilures? System Profiler/logs
>> shows me nothing (or is that "show me nothing"? I think the former).
>
> I guess the immediate question is should he be using it or should he shut
> down and leave it so until it can be looked at? Is there any chance this is
> a well known symptom to a minor problem I can fix myself? (Yeah, right!)
> Where can I look for guidance? I'll start Googling but any specific sources
> for info would be appreciated.
>
> He really needs his computer, esp. email access, as he's in the middle of a
> job hunt and the plan was for him to stay in another state for a few weeks
> while looking. And of course money is tight. Bad timing...
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Joy
>
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