Like all computer components, hard drives eventually fail -- often before any other component due to the hard drive's moving parts wearing out over time. Not all excess noises indicates hard drive ...

I don't know if this warrants a post, but here goes anyway....<br><br>I've got one of the new 1.67 Powerbooks with the 100GB drive. I love this machine! <br><br>One thing - and this may be totally ...

Yesterday we reported on a distinct 'clunking' noise emanating from the Mac mini. Note that some odd noises are part of normal drive operation, and during the first few weeks of operation, some Macs ...

Does anyone else find their iBook 800 hard drive to be excessively loud? Maybe I'm just not up to speed on what notebook hard drives sound like, but the seeks on this thing are very noisy, with loud ...

A number of Mac mini owners are reporting a distinct, periodic noise emanating from the hard drive that is accompanied by a brief pause in system responsiveness. One poster to Apple's Discussion ...