iBook just trashed itself

There are a few other posts on this forum that you have seen from me which lead up to this event. They are described here.

It all started last night with the 10.2.4 update. At least, I think it did. I downloaded the update with software update and it was fine until I turned it on the next day (today) and it took 20 minutes to get to log in. I logged in and before I could open any programs, computer usage was at 100%. I posted on the forum, asking how to downgrade to 10.2.3 and got a few responces all of which I followed. One stated that third party apps "haxies" could be why my computer is being screwy and that I should delete them and redownload the update or something to that effect. I had 3 haxies (in the topic I said 2 but I found one more.) Those are as follows: Cee Pee You, CandyBar, & Aquamon. I deleted Aquamon and Cee Pee You, reinstalled the update. The computer restarted itself and was working fine for a brief amount of time.

Computer turned itself off. I turned it back on and this is where it commited suicide. After log in, while OS X was loading, I started to hear a very funny sound. Imagine scraping your car keys against a chalk board. This sound was coming from my computer, where my hard drive is located. I freaked out because I could not turn off the computer (OS X had frozen) so I held down the button which I dread doing.

I am afraid to turn it back on. What is wrong with my poor, poor computer?

I have or I guess had now, over 1 gig. But recently I stopped listening because iTunes kept sucking up computer usage.

Why?

yes i did turn it back on. well i myself didnt but to make a long story short it was turned back on and other than the software issue it was fine. hard drive was normally quiet. i changed the start up disc to os 9 and computer has been working fine since. i am going to reload os x sometime this weekend. thanks.

Originally posted by hitman


i never turned my computer off and only put it to sleep occasionally.

if you played mp3s 24/7 with no break, the amount of wear on your hard drive might be greater than normal. at least thats what the guy at the apple store told me.

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i hear never turning computers off and only sleeping is bad for them. maybe that had something to do with it.

and i used the computer to play mp3s at least one a day but definatly not 24/7. id say at the MOST about 4 hours a day.

When I sleep my iBook, I can hear it making the little click sounds every so often so I know it's doing something. I like to turn it off.

i was very lucky.