I left the Lombard sleeping yesterday (it was inactive most of the day) and today in the morning I found it very hot. The HD (hitachi travestal 40 GB, 5400 rpm, just over 1 year old), which I normally do not hear, was making some noise, a regular noise, as if it were stuck searching some data or so. It was supposed to be idle.
It was difficult to hear the noise, but it was definitely there. I tried some browsing in the finder (10.3.3) and didn't notice any problems, but the computer and the HD itself were very hot, completely abnormal, considering it was inactive for nearly 24 hours. Then I booted into OS 9 and the HD seemed abnormally noisy during the booting. Finder browsing OK, then I decided to shut it down, let it cool first. Re-boot again in OS9, it seems all fine, but the HD is not as quiet as it used to be, but not as quiet if idle. Reboot in OS X, all is ok, but the regular noise while the HD is idle is back, one can also "feel" it with the hand if touching the palm rest near the keyboard. I have two partitions, one with OS 9.2.2, one just upgraded from Jaguar to Panther about a week ago. Although there seems to be a potential correlation there, I didn't seem to notice this issue during last week. I can't exclude the problem started after the upgrade, but I tend to think it just started last night. Does somebody with more experience than me recognise any potential problem existing/developing? thanks in advance, gianfrancoo -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
