OK:
What I do is this. It works with all Macintosh computers right up to and including the DV SE iMacs, but I recall that it was ESPECIALLY effective with my old Sonnet-powered 6500:
I leave the computer on. I move the keyboard aside and place a towel on the desk in front of the monitor. On the towel I place a claw-hammer, bread-knife, a couple of pairs of rusty pliers and a broken hacksaw blade. I wait ten or fifteen minutes and then I say loudly in front of the computer, "I don't know f***-all about how this son of a b***** is put together but if it keeps on making that whining noise I'm going to tear the rotten f***** apart and find out".
Then walk around the room scowling with a small crow-bar or bent screwdriver in your hand (the bigger the better)for a few minutes and shut the computer off.
The next time you start up you will have a quieter, more co-operative Macintosh.
Works for me !!
Wazoo
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I LIKE IT !
Maybe it will work on PCs too. I know a few that could use a good talking to.
I have some BIG hammers and other tools.
But often lifting one edge of the computer an inch and suddenly taking your hand out quickly gives the machine just enough " jar "
to put wires back in place and move vibrating things away from their surrounding structure.
A solid but measured slap on the top of the case can often work too.
-- Adrian
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