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DavideMac · Dec 3, 2003, 07:51 PM

Just experienced a rythmic "click click" "click click" coming from inside the computer and then the beachball starts spinning forcing me to reset the eMac. Has anyone experienced such a thing? The "click click" doesn't stop until I shut down manually. It's very rythmic.

Should I start to worry cause it's done this 3 times tonight.

Jacke · Dec 4, 2003, 07:02 AM

I occasionally get whirring sounds from my eMac, but no crashes that accompany them so I suspect that's in order. Does it sound like it's coming from the monitor (upper) or the motherboard (lower) area of the computer?

malvolio · Dec 4, 2003, 11:37 AM

That might be a symptom of impending hard drive failure. This would be a good time to back up your data, just in case.

acarboni · Dec 5, 2003, 03:55 AM

Yeah, that's definitely the hard drive. Back up all your data, STAT. Call Apple if you're still under warranty and get a replacement. If you aren't still under warranty, well... take it as a sign from god that he wants you to have a 150 gig drive instead of a 60. He wants you to be HAPPY.