HARD DRIVE hiss/hum that was not there before!
Hi, I have an issue with my 80 gig hard drive on white macbook, the hard drive is hissing/humming at a very audible level. It did not do this 2 weeks ago when I got it, it was SILENT, now it is loud enough for my 60 year old mum to hear it when I travelled to visit her this weekend. It could almost be said to sound like the sea! My old old ibm 600e makes a similar noise. Does the hard drive need reseating ie taking it out and in again or should I book in to my local genius bar!
cheers for any help!
Hi thanks for the reply. Now I am back in the city I barely notice it, when at home in the silence it could be heard accross the room, now its only if I put my ear to the laptop. I am curious to hear from anyone who lives in a VERY quiet environment, can you hear it from a few feet away?
Just don't want to waste my time at the applestore as it only opened 2 days ago and the queues are still huge, and they may not be able to hear anything 'outside of normal paramaters'...
cheers
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