On closer listening, I think the sound is the hard drive making this
high pitched sound.  When I shut down the iMac, the sound sounds like
something spinning down.  Could this the beginning of the end of the
hard drive?  I have never had a hard drive crash before.

On Nov 25, 7:51 pm, Wolfman <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have this G3 400 MHz iMac slot load computer.  I paid a few bucks
> for it and I made the mistake of meeting the seller and not actually
> seeing the computer run but I was assured it was OK.  I have had lots
> of iMacs but I have never heard one with such a loud buzzing noise
> that appears to be coming from the back of the machine.  Bad CRT or
> power supply?  I have no real what idea what is going on.  It boots up
> fine and I can see all the files so I am pretty sure it is not the
> hard drive making this noise.  Any ideas?

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