On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 16:02:13 Ed Stewart @ Sky Mountain wrote: >Roxylee-- Another likely source of the rough sound is the cooling fan >going bad. >Ed Stewart, Colorado Rocky Mountains <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>jcamga wrote: >> The coffee percolator noise you describe may indicate a problem with your >> hard drive.
It could be either. It sounds most likely to be the hard drive, which I have had happen to me in the past. Get your important data backed up ASAP. New hard drives are really cheap right now and there's no excuse to lose vital data, especially with the ease of copying on a Mac. I did however want to mention that having fixed and rebuilt a lot of computers, it could just be dust. This can cause crashes at any random moment and I've seen a lot of people think that computer is on it's last leg, when all it needs is a little cleaning. A computer depending not just on the environment, but also how long you have been using it and how clean the air is, etc., will accumulate a lot of dust inside, especially the fans. I realize out of the three, this is the least likely, but since your opening the case to fix it anyways take a weak handheld(Too powerful and you'll damage something) and vacuum the insides especially the fan and motherboard(You can also buy special small vacuums for computers, but I've never had a problem using normal handhelds and crevice attachments.) I forget the exact %, but I know that the leading reason for computers breaking is dust and bugs. Good Luck, Mars _____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
