IMac acting strange...

Just recently after almost a year of working fine, i
started up my imac G5 17" and i had the dreaded hard
drive ticking/beachball experience, the fans came on
at full force, nothing worked and i had to pull the
plug on it to turn it off.
Since then on a few occasions I've had programmes
randomly hang on me, causing the beachball to spin
for a about 20seconds, then a strange switching or
crunch sound coing from inside the imac happens, then
everything goes ok.
This has happened a few times now. beach ball...funny
noise from inside the machine...works fine.
can ANYONE suggest what could be happening to my
RECENTLY OUT OF WARRANTY iMac??!
Are you getting a flashing folder and question mark? I read on another post that means a hard drive failure. I am having similar issues as you, but I after hanging for awhile, I get the flashing folder and question mark. I already had one warantee repair, but I am not sure this qualifies for the other warantee repair. Any insight would be great!
Happy New Year!
Kelly
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.5)
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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