HELP! Strange Noise!

[Daniel Kendell]

Ok, though the noise has stopped, I would like ideas as to what it was. 
I woke the iMac this morning and it kernel paniced...so i rebooted and 
all seemed fine for a bit until it made this loud (compared to its 
normal volume) whirring grinding noise, if anyone here has/had an 
Iomega Jaz drive, it sounded like the noise a Jaz drive makes when the 
disc spins. I thought it was the fan so i put it to sleep again and the 
noise went away, when after waking (no kernel panic this time) the 
noise started again so it could well be the fan. Mum suggested that it 
was 'warming up' though it is fairly cold today, it has been cold other 
days and never done this before.

Then it just got quieter and quieter shortly after went away completely 
to the normal fan noise, but i'm still a little concerned.

(iMac 1Ghz - 17" - Superdrive)
Dan
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