Hey Chuck,
That wasn't fair to say that... I guess you do not know anything about
the Clamshells HD's back in the day??? That is exactly how they sounded when a
HD was going bad... They mentioned a G3 which is from that era... So I just
figured that maybe the 3.5 drives may have done the same thing... There was
talk about this issue in some older posts a couple yrs ago...
We are all here to help each other not criticize each other... Many more
of the other posts referred them what is going bad... I didn't say it was for
sure the HD, I just said it sounded to me like a bad HD...
So please don't waste an email on these type of comments here... Thank
You!!!
-----Original Message-----
>From: Chuck <deadke...@gmail.com>
>Sent: Nov 9, 2010 10:06 AM
>To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
>Subject: Re: PowerMac G3 AIO 'snapping/popping'
>
>anyone who points to a hard drive about this issue should not be allowed to
>own or operate a computer.
>
>
>
>On 11/9/10, Richard Gerome <onecoolka...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> It most certainly sounds to me like it's the Hard Drive going bad... I've
>> had, out of all the Apples I have owned and worked on only 2 Clamshells do
>> this (one of them I bought brand new and Apple Care replaced it) and in both
>> the HD was the issue... My Apple use goes back to 1996...
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>>From: lrbarrios <lrbarr...@datastarusa.com>
>>>Sent: Nov 9, 2010 2:10 AM
>>>To: G-Group <g3-5-list@googlegroups.com>
>>>Subject: PowerMac G3 AIO 'snapping/popping'
>>>
>>>I just purchased a PowerMac G3 All-In-One from a flee market for $5.
>>>I was told that it works, so what the heck. As long as my wife
>>>doesn't find out, I'm okay. :)
>>>
>>>I powered it up tonight and it's making a 'snapping/popping' sound
>>>from under the hood -- like a bug zapper. When this happens, the CRT
>>>display also flashes. At first I just thought it might be dust. I
>>>can actually boot an OS 9.2 CD, but shortly afterwards, the machine
>>>will start snapping and popping and reboot itself. Eventually, after
>>>it gets warmed up, it's almost continually popping and interrupting
>>>the boot process. I know this can't be good for it, so I've turned it
>>>off until I can get some answers. Is it the power supply?
>>>
>>>--
>>
>>
>>
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Scars only tell us where we have been, they do not have to dictate where we are
going...
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