On Apr 7, 2009, at 12:43 PM, Fabian Fang wrote:
> > On Apr 7, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: > >> I have hearing loss so I'm not really sure, but as the G4 Mac started >> up this morning I might have heard some clicking. Either that or >> crickets in the house, LOL. >> >> Made me think I should get a utility that can warn of incipient HD >> failure. I seem to remember we discussed some such. >> >> Anyone remember? Or maybe this is a good time to look thru the >> archives? Do we have archives? > > > <http://www.corecode.at/smartreporter/> (open source, free) When something like that happens, it might be the drive trying to re- read things, indicating failure. SMART Status might still say its OK. I've had a couple of Seagate ATAs do that after 3-5 years ... one from Tiger Direct, sooner. Backup and see where things go ... maybe replace the drive depending on age. Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
