PowerBook G4 making mosquito noise

[annk]

The thread title says it all. Yesterday my PB from 2004 started to make a noise like an angry mosquito. Is it the hard drive dying on me?

This is just a take-along-when-I-need-to-be-mobile computer, there's nothing there that needs to be backed up. But I wonder what the noise means.

 

[BlueRevolution]

Probably the hard drive, yeah. Does the sound vary with use? Notice any performance issues?

 

[annk]

The sound doesn't vary with use, and I have no performance issues.

Someone I mentioned it to thought it might just be fan noise. That would be a relief.

 

[DoFoT9]

The sound doesn't vary with use, and I have no performance issues.

Someone I mentioned it to thought it might just be fan noise. That would be a relief.

no it wouldnt, a bad fan would cause MUCH more probems then a bad HD

 

[BlueRevolution]

Yeah, if the sound is a constant whine it's probably a fan.

 

[annk]

no it wouldnt, a bad fan would cause MUCH more probems then a bad HD

But couldn't it just be dust on the fan? I am clueless about fans, except I know why they're there.

 

[DoFoT9]

But couldn't it just be dust on the fan? I am clueless about fans, except I know why they're there.

haha true it could just be that. but if that dust is impeding on the fans speed, then your computer couldbe running VERY hot, which could damage the CPU + damage the heatsyncs + damage the logic board around it + much more.

thats why i think its more dangerous having a bad fan

 

[BlueRevolution]

Happily, a bad fan is much cheaper to fix.