IBook in alarm.........

Hi all - my iBook is making 'alarm' sounds every so often. The first time it did I found out the HDD was SMART 'failing' and I've posted elsewhere about that (replacing soon). The only thing is that I keep on getting alarms (SMART said 'verified') once in a while with a louder alarm yesterday for the first time (two level sound?). My HDD is now SMART 'failing' again - no surprises there.
I don't appear to be getting kernel panics (as far as my very limited understanding goes).
The alarm was quite loud the other day (first a quiet one followed by the louder) and was a bit of a worry.
I have run Apple Hardware test which came through with nil problem, all passed.
My question is: does this alarm merely mean the HDD is failing (which I know and I'm about to replace in which case disregard). Or does it signify something more sinister?
Cheers,
Andrew (hoping this isnt worse than a bad HDD).

Andrew Haas1...
BTW (By the way) ... Dennis has a link above that should be in blue text about the Haxies. It is common to use words like this, these, or here to become part of links. Under the old setup they would be underlined giving them a better indication of being a link.
Searching... Google (a link) just rocks in finding tons of things or information. The only drawback is using the right keyword and-or spelling.
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Back to the noises.
About the only thing I can think of, that there is some background application running. The way I find those out is go through your System Preferences, Accounts, select account name, and check the last tab- Startup Items. What ever is in that list may give us a clue what application may be alerting you.
Of course if the HD is getting creaky or cranky, it may be the spindown or spinup noise you may be hearing. Noises are hard to pinpoint because of their suggestive nature.
...Ron

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I don't like that my battery
doesn't fit flush.
What Revision iBook G4 do you have? I think this was
already corrected, at least the last models I looked
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Part # M9846LL/A
S/N # 4H541Qxxxx
Model # A1133
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on
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Mar 7 23:02:34 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: SideTrackUSB error: Trackpad underrun, got 17 total bytes.
Mar 7 23:02:35 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Active: "linksys" - 0014bfd5c7e5 - chan 3
Mar 7 23:02:35 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 configd[31]: SecKeychainFindGenericPassword err= -25308 ( =0xffff9d24, secErrStr=User interaction is not allowed. ) (current= linksys)
Mar 7 23:02:38 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 launchd: Server fa4f in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[434]: exited abnormally: Hangup
Mar 7 23:02:38 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 configd[31]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Mar 7 23:02:38 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 lookupd[435]: lookupd (version 369.2) starting - Tue Mar 7 23:02:38 2006
Mar 7 23:02:40 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 /Library/StartupItems/SideTrack/sidetrackd: SideTrackSystemPower: System wake, restoring settings for user "MaryAnne" UID 501.
Mar 7 23:02:40 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 /Library/StartupItems/SideTrack/sidetrackd: SideTrackConfigPush: Setting driver to configuration for UID 501.
Mar 7 23:02:40 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 mDNSResponder: Repeated transitions for interface en1 (192.168.1.108); delaying packets by 5 seconds
so is there something alarming going on while my ibook tries to sleep? does the sleeping problem have anything to do with this:
Mar 7 23:02:38 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 launchd: Server fa4f in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[434]: exited abnormally: Hangup

Email alarm problem: Blank "To:" field on email, but only when iCal open

If iCal.app is closed, my email event alarms are working fine.
However, if iCal.app is open, when it comes time to open up mail.app and send the event alarm email, the "To:" field on the email is left blank, and results in a Mail error that the message can not be sent.
The only other reference I could find in the forums to a similar problem was a claim that installing GroupWise can interfere with the script that iCal uses to fill in the To: field on the email, but I have never installed Groupwise (at least i dont remember ever installing it, and can't find any traces of Groupwise on my system), and the fact that it all works when iCal is closed , but not when iCal is open, has me stumped.
Any suggestions?
Thanks..
Ian
Ottawa, Canada
iBook 600Mhz, 12", Combo Drive, 640 RAM Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Hi Ian,
There is a different application that sends the emails when iCal is closed. It is called iCal Helper and is contained in the iCal application. iCal and iCal Helper use copies of the same Applescripts to send the emails to Mail.app. Your problem could stem from the Applescripts in iCal being corrupted in some way.
Before trying what I am about to suggest, make an archive of your iCal application (Control-Click it in Finder and select Create Archive of "iCal") and keep the iCal.zip file safe. Better safe than sorry.
You could try copying the Applescripts from the iCal Helper package into the iCal package.
To do this:
1. Control-Click on the iCal application and choose 'Show Package Contents' from the contextual menu. A new window will open with one folder called Contents in it.
2.Open Contents and then the folder inside called Resources.
3. In Resources you will find the iCal Helper application (you may find this easier using column view). Control-Click iCal Helper and select 'Show Package Contents'. Another window will open with a folder called Contents in it.
4. Move the windows so you can see both the Resources window and the window opened in the last step.
5. Open the Contents folder, and then the Resources folder inside this.
6. Inside iCal Helper's Resources folder you will find five files called: Mail.scpt, Mail.applescript, mailInfoScript.applescript, mailInfoScript.applescript, mailScript.applescript and mailScriptWithAttachment.applescript. These files should be copied into iCal's Resources folder.
7. Select the five files and press Command-C to copy them.
8. Select the iCal's Resources folder in the other window and press Command-V. You will see a confirmation window asking if you really want to repace the files.
9. Close both windows and your done.
If you have any problems revet to the zipped copy of iCal.
An alternative to this would be to do a custom install of iCal from your installation disk and applying the combo update to 10.4.7.
Let me know how it goes.
Best wishes
John M

IBook in alarm.........

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