My iMac Blueberry makes the nicest sound (not noise) of all my Macs... a kind of quiet 'twitter' (in the old fashioned sense) of sorts... very relaxing. My B/W G3 tower (got it secondhand last year) on the other hand is by far my noisiest mac... seems like the fan but I could be wrong.
Cyrus Griffin wrote: > Yeah, all my G3 iMacs have very loud HD's. I guess because they stuck > them right up against the front panel. > I had one that I got that had a bad HD, it would make a clicking > noise, then it would beep. I was able to fix it by slamming it around > a little to unstick whatever was stuck inside. > What kind of sound is it making? (Clicking, whining, beeping, etc?) > > Elliott > > > On Nov 26, 2009, at 10:30 AM, Christian Wacker wrote: > > >> It may have between 2 weeks and 4 years left. >> I have had many drives that start making funny noises, and then will >> 'die' suddenly, only to work again a month later. >> You should be fine, my 2 iMacs and a few of my older beige beasts all >> have a hdd that makes a noise that annoys the bejesus out of my >> parents. >> they all work like a dream still, nota problem with em yet. >> >> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Wolfman <ecoma...@comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >>> On closer listening, I think the sound is the hard drive making this >>> high pitched sound. When I shut down the iMac, the sound sounds like >>> something spinning down. Could this the beginning of the end of the >>> hard drive? I have never had a hard drive crash before. >>> >>> On Nov 25, 7:51 pm, Wolfman <ecoma...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>>> I have this G3 400 MHz iMac slot load computer. I paid a few bucks >>>> for it and I made the mistake of meeting the seller and not actually >>>> seeing the computer run but I was assured it was OK. I have had >>>> lots >>>> of iMacs but I have never heard one with such a loud buzzing noise >>>> that appears to be coming from the back of the machine. Bad CRT or >>>> power supply? I have no real what idea what is going on. It >>>> boots up >>>> fine and I can see all the files so I am pretty sure it is not the >>>> hard drive making this noise. Any ideas? >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are a member of the iMac >>> Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. >>> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our >>> netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >>> To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com >>> To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of the iMac >> Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our >> netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >> To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com >> To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist >> > > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
