Hey guys,
Today while doing some Photoshop work, my Powerbook started to make a loud grinding noise, gave me the spinning beachball of death, and froze (I had to hold the power button to reboot it). Since, it's rebooted a few times, and each time, the same thing happens... this grinding noise comes on, everything freezes, reboot. When doing unintensive things, such as surfing the web, usually it will make the grinding noise and freeze up, but after about 30 seconds or so, it will quiet down and load the website. It's like being on dial-up! I'm not really sure what the problem could be, maybe the harddrive? Does anybody have any idea what it could be, suggestions how to fix it, and a cost estimate? I'm going to let it sit turned off all night, hopefully by tomorrow it will feel better...
Today while doing some Photoshop work, my Powerbook started to make a loud grinding noise, gave me the spinning beachball of death, and froze (I had to hold the power button to reboot it). Since, it's rebooted a few times, and each time, the same thing happens... this grinding noise comes on, everything freezes, reboot. When doing unintensive things, such as surfing the web, usually it will make the grinding noise and freeze up, but after about 30 seconds or so, it will quiet down and load the website. It's like being on dial-up! I'm not really sure what the problem could be, maybe the harddrive? Does anybody have any idea what it could be, suggestions how to fix it, and a cost estimate? I'm going to let it sit turned off all night, hopefully by tomorrow it will feel better...