[Nelsun]

I don't see, or could not find any discussion about a sound I'm not familiar with on my new rev B 17" Powerbook. I just got this machine a few weeks ago.

The noise occurs during start up, right after the chime, I hear a sound that is best described as a clicking or sounds like someone winding an old fashioned clock. It lasts a second or two. It is coming from the right rear corner of the machine. So I know it's not the hard drive.

It doesn't seem to be a problem at all, the machine's only problem has been a mysterous freeze a few days ago that required a keyboard restart. It happened twice while running once Safari and the other time was when running a CAD application.

So far so good though! Since I come from the last version of the G3 Powerbook, maybe I'm not used to the sounds of the new Powerbooks?

Thanks! Nelson

[Nessie]

Originally posted by Nelsun:
I don't see, or could not find any discussion about a sound I'm not familiar with on my new rev B 17" Powerbook. I just got this machine a few weeks ago.

The noise occurs during start up, right after the chime, I hear a sound that is best described as a clicking or sounds like someone winding an old fashioned clock. It lasts a second or two. It is coming from the right rear corner of the machine. So I know it's not the hard drive.

It doesn't seem to be a problem at all, the machine's only problem has been a mysterous freeze a few days ago that required a keyboard restart. It happened twice while running once Safari and the other time was when running a CAD application.

So far so good though! Since I come from the last version of the G3 Powerbook, maybe I'm not used to the sounds of the new Powerbooks?

Thanks! Nelson

I did hear a clicking once, not very loud but noticeable. I'd remembered that someone on the boards had earlier mentioned this, too, and said that when he uninstalled the MS Office free preview, the sound went away. I tried it and it worked. I'm not sure if this is your problem or not.

[Nelsun]

Hi Nessie-

Thanks for that insight. I'll see about trying to uninstall MS Office trial copy, or whatever it's called. Never heard of that one before!

Nelson

[nagromme]

It could be a fan spinning up for a moment--there's one back there. But I bet it's really from the mid-right, heard through the back because there's a vent there. I bet it's the optical drive checking to see if a disc is inserted or not. Listening to the little side vent or the DVD slot might help you tell.

[ngrundy]

one of three things.

1. fan starting up breifly
2. cdrom drive doing an arm eject sequence (all slot loading drives do this)
3. and most likely it's the rats reving up on their wheels. (what you think they used batteries?)

Inreality it's probably the eject mechinism in the slot loading drive doing it's usual power-on check.

[Nelsun]

Thanks guys.

I did remove the MS Office Preview and it didn't make a difference. And I've noticed the sound happens when I wake up the machine from sleep mode too. I tried to listen carefully and as you've said, it sounds like it could be mid right. It's strongests from the connectors and the ventilation slots on the right front side. So I think the last two thoughts of the optical drive doing it's start up test makes sense.

Thanks again!
Nelson