What that "clack" sound is (I think) is the hard drive cycling. You might look at installing APM Tuner (Apple Power Manager Tuner) which allows you to set the period "sleep" of the drive.
Gary URL: http://www01.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/gb3/eijim/index-E.html Mehdi El Gueddari wrote: >Hi, > >My "brand new" powerbook 3400 has a very annoying problem : a "clack" sound >appears as soon as the powerbook is powered on and repeats itself every few >seconds or dozens of seconds (I hope that you understand what I mean). That >sound comes from the inside of the powerbook and is apparently related to >the hard drive : when I put the hard drive in sleep mode, there is no more >"clack". >Does anybody here know what that sound could be and how to stop it ? > >Thanks, >Mehdi > > > > -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
