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Ok, I was sitting lengthwise on my couch last night, 1.33g 12in powerbook in lap, composing emails and slowly nodding off. Aparently I nodded a little faster than I should have, because I woke to the sound of my 'book falling onto the floor. I now realize the stupidy required for such an event to take place, but I fear it is too late...
The fall was approx. 15 inches onto a padded carpet floor. No immediate damage was evident, either external or internal. All files and programs seem to be working fine. However, this morning I noticed a buzzing sound (think angry-yellowjacket-buzzing-sound) coming from the front-left corner (hard drive), but ONLY when the computer is moved. In other words, when the computer is still, nothing is out of the ordinary, but when I pick it up, tilt it side-side or front-back, or move it in any direction at all faster than, say, 1/2 mile per hour, it emits that angry buzz until the moving stops.
Needless to say, I'm pretty concerned that I've done some serious damage here. It was a July '04 purchase, so its off warranty, too. I've run disk utility and SMARTreporter, both of which return no problems. Please help, and advice would be greatly appreciated...
The fall was approx. 15 inches onto a padded carpet floor. No immediate damage was evident, either external or internal. All files and programs seem to be working fine. However, this morning I noticed a buzzing sound (think angry-yellowjacket-buzzing-sound) coming from the front-left corner (hard drive), but ONLY when the computer is moved. In other words, when the computer is still, nothing is out of the ordinary, but when I pick it up, tilt it side-side or front-back, or move it in any direction at all faster than, say, 1/2 mile per hour, it emits that angry buzz until the moving stops.
Needless to say, I'm pretty concerned that I've done some serious damage here. It was a July '04 purchase, so its off warranty, too. I've run disk utility and SMARTreporter, both of which return no problems. Please help, and advice would be greatly appreciated...