> Yeah, a clicking sound from a hard drive usually indicates an emminent hard > drive hardware failure.. > > > On 5/7/05 6:58 AM, "Roland Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Dear List: >> >> I am posting this message on behalf of a friend. >> >> His 8500 is running OS 10.2.8 (courtesy of X Postfacto), has a Sonnet G3 350 >> upgrade card, 320MB RAM, a Sonnet >> Tempo Trio card, a Radeon 7000 card, and three hard drives (two SCSI drives, >> 4GB and 9.1 GB, and one 30 GB IDE >> drive). Recently his computer started experiencing issues with one or both >> SCSI drives. Sometimes these drives will >> mount. On other occasions only one drive will mount or none will mount at >> all. >> Dialogue boxes pop up indicating that >> there are issues with a drive. I know one of the SCSI drives is making a >> clicking sound. I have also heard the computer >> generate a cycling sound as it is attempting to engage one or both of these >> drives. My best guess is that one or both of >> these drives is/are dying. Another possibility might have to do with >> insufficient power being distributed to these >> components. >> >> Any other insights would be appreciated. >> >> Roland :)
I must chime in here to say that I had a similar-sound problem on a beige G3 DT with 3 hard drives. It would try to mount 1 or another drive at start-up, & made clicking noises when it couldn't, as well as whirring and groaning as it attempted to spin up the drives it couldn't mount successfully. Figuring it was either the drives going bad, or the PSU overloaded, I removed drives, cards, etc. The problem would still happen occasionally. Then I discovered that 1 of the plugs in the outlet where I place the surge strip I use for the computer was wonky (incomplete contact). Moved it to another outlet, fixed the 1, & since then I have not seen the problem! All 3 of the drives are still going strong, so far. -- Bill Art page: <http://geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
