Take a look at this:
http://www.macintouch.com/readerrepo...topic2809.html
Apparently lots of people have had problems with the powerbook aluminum 15" hard drive failing repeatedly. It makes this growling noise, starts to slow down, apps don't open and then fails. This is the second time in 6 months I've had this happen, I thought maybe somethign was wrong with the board (and the "failed hard drive" was a mis-diagnosis by the shop) but then I did some research...
The first failure happened for no "apparent" reason (there is some suggestion that too much heat causes it and can be prevented by a heat pad thing) about 6 months ago. My warranty had expired one week prior to the failure. Apple was kind enough to extend the warranty and put in a new hard drive.
Now, six months later, same thing. Growly noise, dying computer. Not even sure what to do (I've backed up somewhat recently but I'm hoping the most recent stuff can be backed up without too much expense by TekServe) but I'm thinking that even if Apple WERE to replace the drive i might be better off just buying my own and installing it.
Has anyone else had this experience? I've owned macs and powerbooks for years and i never had a HD just fail, and especially not twice the same way in six months!
http://www.macintouch.com/readerrepo...topic2809.html
Apparently lots of people have had problems with the powerbook aluminum 15" hard drive failing repeatedly. It makes this growling noise, starts to slow down, apps don't open and then fails. This is the second time in 6 months I've had this happen, I thought maybe somethign was wrong with the board (and the "failed hard drive" was a mis-diagnosis by the shop) but then I did some research...
The first failure happened for no "apparent" reason (there is some suggestion that too much heat causes it and can be prevented by a heat pad thing) about 6 months ago. My warranty had expired one week prior to the failure. Apple was kind enough to extend the warranty and put in a new hard drive.
Now, six months later, same thing. Growly noise, dying computer. Not even sure what to do (I've backed up somewhat recently but I'm hoping the most recent stuff can be backed up without too much expense by TekServe) but I'm thinking that even if Apple WERE to replace the drive i might be better off just buying my own and installing it.
Has anyone else had this experience? I've owned macs and powerbooks for years and i never had a HD just fail, and especially not twice the same way in six months!