Loud, Noisy ibook clamshell indigo

I am going to give our old ibook G3 clamshell indigo to our housekeeper. I ran the Apple Hardware test on it and everything checked out OK. When the ibook is running, it makes a very noticeable whirring noise. It's the original hard drive. Is it the hard drive making the noise? Could it be a fan? I am not positive but I think it was always a little noisy. Were all of these old ibooks kind of noisy? I just don't want to give her a lemon.
Thanks
Tim

hello There, if your Clam is noisy it will be the hard drive (they don't have fans). It may be 'noisy' hard drive and perfectly O.K. or it could be a sign of it wearing out and needing replacement. I have two HDDs that are quite noisy and always have been (one Hitachi and one Western Digital) but other HDDs that are virtually silent.

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