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Evil-sounding Powerbook vibration...
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<blockquote data-quote="alex" data-source="post: 161211" data-attributes="member: 7962"><p>Thanks for the suggestion. I'm pretty sure that the noise is coming from the hard drive. The noise only happens when the computer is moved while it's on, and if I move it while the HD is spinning down (when going to sleep, for example) the noise decreases proportionately to the speed of the hard drive. ie-buzzing becomes slower and quieter as the HD spins down. </p><p></p><p>My best guess is that the shock loosened the disk in its mountings, and now any sort of movement brings it into contact with its housing? As I menioned earlier, it doesn't seem to have adversely affected performance yet, its merely a frustrating annoyance. That said, I'm hesitant to open it up, for fear of making things worse. Do any of you Mac-Forums heavy hitters have any ideas?</p><p></p><p>Thanks... </p><p>alex</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alex, post: 161211, member: 7962"] Thanks for the suggestion. I'm pretty sure that the noise is coming from the hard drive. The noise only happens when the computer is moved while it's on, and if I move it while the HD is spinning down (when going to sleep, for example) the noise decreases proportionately to the speed of the hard drive. ie-buzzing becomes slower and quieter as the HD spins down. My best guess is that the shock loosened the disk in its mountings, and now any sort of movement brings it into contact with its housing? As I menioned earlier, it doesn't seem to have adversely affected performance yet, its merely a frustrating annoyance. That said, I'm hesitant to open it up, for fear of making things worse. Do any of you Mac-Forums heavy hitters have any ideas? Thanks... alex [/QUOTE]
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