Scratching sound on powerbook 1.25...

tacojohntacojohn
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Hey- when ever I have my powerbook plugged in to recharge it makes this scratching noise... its very annoying when I'm trying to work on a paper in a quite area because all you hear is scratching. If I unplug the power its fine and goes away.



It sound like its trying to access the hard drive constantly, but its not the hard drive because I can tell the difference between the hard drive reading and this scratching sound- it sounds that same just not as loud. It also comes from the other side of the computer- not where the HD is located...



Any ideas?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 2
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
    Not too sure about that bro, but I will move this into the Genius Bar for you. Maybe you'll get an answer in there, no one seems to be answering you in GD.



  • Reply 2 of 2
    dmband0026dmband0026 Posts: 2,345member
    Just to be safe...check the SMART status of your disk.

    Go into Terminal, type in:

    Code:


    diskutil info disk0







    Check the line that says "SMART Status:"

    If it says anything but "verified" after that, you've got problems. If it says verified, than it's probably just a power supply issue.
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