There is an excellent site with take-apart information on the internet that you can find by doing a search for "6400zone".
If that's not good enough email me off the list and I'll send you the Apple Service Manual for the 6500. If the hard drive in your 6500 is the ORIGINAL Western Digital Caviar 4-gig drive it will click but will not whine. My 6500 fan got VERY quiet when I tossed the 4-gig Caviar and put in a low speed 5400 RPM 40-gig WD. If the small fan on the 603e chip is the problem you can remove the motherboard and blow the dust bunnies off it. If the fan in the Power Supply is the problem it will vary in pitch when you load it up by inserting a floppy while there is a CD in the CD-ROM drive. M Tim wrote: > Gail Vass wrote: > > > Three answers needed: > > > > Is there a way to tell if a buzzing [beehive] sound coming from the CPU > > is from a dying fan or a dying hard drive? > > A 'buzzing' sound doesn't sound like the hard drive. Sounds more like a power > supply/fan problem. It is always good to keep a back-up, though.... > > > > > Is there a software utility that would show that it was the hard drive dying? > > Not that I've ever heard of. > > > > > How do you take the case off a PM 6500? > > You are starting to scare me.... :)) > -- > Tim > 1st/pci-pm list nanny > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > A court is in session, a verdict is in > No appeal on the docket today, Just my own sin > The walls are cold and pale, The cage made of steel > Screams fill the room, Alone I drop and kneel > Silence now the sound, My breath the only motion around > Demons cluttering around, My face showing no emotion > Shackled by my sentence, Expecting no return > Here there is no penance, My skin begins to burn > > -- > PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- Jesus is coming ! Look busy ! -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
