on 19/05/04 06:10, gf sciacca at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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?
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