Hello,
I'm looking for some help. Over the last few months my ibook has run slower and slower and slower....I usually just let it sleep when not in use, but occasionally, I would reboot the thing and it would run decent. Now, that is no longer working. Not only that, but it has begun to make some very strange sounds. It sounds as though there was a "ping-pong" ball being dropped (internally, if that makes sense) every second or so. It is consistent and lasts for only a few seconds. But then it goes into a whirring sound and then finally a rhythmic screech sound will come from the speakers. It does this all for a few seconds (and I can't do anything while this is happening) and then just kind of quits and I can go on. What is happening? Once in a great while it goes into this same funk and I finally need to shut it down. When I reboot, it comes up with a blinking smily face and question mark. The next time I rebooted, it worked as normal.
I'm not very computer literate but is there some process I can go through to seek a diagnosis? Is it about to die? I am going to back up all my files asap, but I can't see this as a good thing.
I had this happen a year or so ago as well when I was still under Apple care and the guy had me hold a bunch of buttons at once when I powered up, but I can't remember which ones.
I run OSX 10.4.11 if that is helpful in any way. Thanks for your help.
I'm looking for some help. Over the last few months my ibook has run slower and slower and slower....I usually just let it sleep when not in use, but occasionally, I would reboot the thing and it would run decent. Now, that is no longer working. Not only that, but it has begun to make some very strange sounds. It sounds as though there was a "ping-pong" ball being dropped (internally, if that makes sense) every second or so. It is consistent and lasts for only a few seconds. But then it goes into a whirring sound and then finally a rhythmic screech sound will come from the speakers. It does this all for a few seconds (and I can't do anything while this is happening) and then just kind of quits and I can go on. What is happening? Once in a great while it goes into this same funk and I finally need to shut it down. When I reboot, it comes up with a blinking smily face and question mark. The next time I rebooted, it worked as normal.
I'm not very computer literate but is there some process I can go through to seek a diagnosis? Is it about to die? I am going to back up all my files asap, but I can't see this as a good thing.
I had this happen a year or so ago as well when I was still under Apple care and the guy had me hold a bunch of buttons at once when I powered up, but I can't remember which ones.
I run OSX 10.4.11 if that is helpful in any way. Thanks for your help.
