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cadet · Jul 30, 2005, 10:15 PM

Hi. I just bought a braaand new 12" PowerBook. (Huzzah!)
Anyhow, for the, Oh, 3 hours I've had this machine, I already have run into a small concern......When I turn on the powerbook, it makes this sort of angry hornet sound before the bong. Then it vibrates ever so slightly, which I assume is the fan? But is that angry sound mostly normal? It isn't outstandingly loud or anything, it just makes a low grinding "rrrggr" noise for 2 seconds. So anyhow, normal or irregular? Sorry if I seem a bit ridiculous, it's just me being overly nervous over my new baby... but better safe than sorry. Thanks in advance!

Randman · Jul 31, 2005, 12:39 AM

Could be the CD drive spinning. Do you have discs inside the machine?

damnyooneek · Jul 31, 2005, 12:59 AM

i just got mine and it does the same thing

tavilach · Jul 31, 2005, 01:09 AM

Do I have a future student at Tavilach's School of Worry and Wonder?

chesterpl · Jul 31, 2005, 01:52 AM

Does it make the same sound when you wake-up the PB from sleep? Mine makes a pretty short, mechanical noise when I wake it up - I assumed it was just the CD drive doing 'something' and didn't much worry about it.

cadet · Jul 31, 2005, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by Randman

Could be the CD drive spinning. Do you have discs inside the machine?

There's no disc inside but I think it is just the CD drive waking up. It does the same noise if I wake it up from sleep mode as well. I guess that's just the sound of it working? It sounds eeevil.

ibook_steve · Jul 31, 2005, 01:39 PM

It's the optical drive powering on and resetting, as has been stated.

Steve