Ominous noise emanating from iBook.

I think my iBook may be dying. Intermittently, there is an unusual grinding noise coming from inside. It is mechanical, not from the speakers. I don't think it is the fan. It happens even when it is cold. Whenever the grinding noise occurs, the beach ball appears, and I can't do anything. When the grinding noise stops, the machine resumes normal operation.
Sometimes I can make the noise stop by lifting the iBook up, or tilting it slightly. But that doesn't always work, and when it does, it is not for long.
My theory is that the hard drive head stepper is having trouble. I doubt that the head itself is crashing, because so far (touch wood) I have not had any read/write errors.
Now I usually upgrade to new hardware every two years. It is time for a new iBook for me anyway.
However, is there a good chance Apple will come out with a new model, at MacWorld on January 9th? Perhaps I should wait a couple of weeks, and see what happens on that date.
Meanwhile, is there anything I can do to about my poor iBook? Will the Disk Utility help in any way, or is that only for data errors?
-Ron.

Frances144,
I must say that I think you have been given misinformation. If you don't mind I would like to explain the "logic board problems" and how the term is over used. The logic board problem was with the G3, it was fixed with the new design of the newer iBooks. I have found that most "logic board" problems are not exactly a logic board problem. For an example, a computer is starting up with a grey screen with the spinning symbol and not being able to get any farther in the startup process has before been labeled a "logic board problem". I can think of about maybe 10 different reasons why this is happening. Usually it is a software problem, corrupt startup software. This can be fixed by reinstalling the system software. Another common problem that is fixed by replacing the logic board is a broken DC board. They can't power their iBook, so a reseller might just replace the logic board. Reason being, it would probably be cheaper just to put a whole new logic board in rather then the DC board. You would have to take the whole computer apart and disconnect the DC board to replace it. Also by just changing the DC board there is more of a risk of problems afterwords. Anyways, his problem is the hard drive, not the logic board. If you look closely at the logic board program, it has to do with video and the video card. Please don't be confused with faulty assumptions on the Discussion Boards about the "logic board problem".
Jon
PS I am not an Apple employee nor am I connected in any way with them. I am just expressing my views and what I have seen on the issue. It is hard to truly troubleshoot a problem without interacting with it. By the way I don't mean to threadjack this thread.

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