PB 17" Hardware Test Result-Error Code 2STF/1/4

I have a 17" Powerbook G4 running OS X (10.4.7). Today I was online on a cable modem. I walked away from the computer and then heard a high pitched sound. I had the sound turned all the way off so it wasn't coming from anything normal. It seemed as though the sound was coming from my attached external speakers but apparently that wasn't the source of the sound. It appeared to be still online but then everything froze up. Then the computer turned itself off when I tried to quit the Firefox application.
I had trouble getting my Powerbook restarted and when it did restart it showed the blinking question mark. I ran the Hardware Test and came up with an error code. It showed an error detected in the mass storage. The code was 2STF/1/4. Apparently there is nothing I can do to fix this on my own? This being Saturday I guess I have no computer for the weekend and maybe for a while. Does anyone have an idea how serious this error code is?
Ginny
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Hi--
Does anyone have an idea how
serious this error code is?
Based on the description of the sound you heard, and a Google search for the hardware error code, it sounds like your hard drive failed. My guess is that the high pitched sound you heard was either a bearing in the hard drive going (if they have such a thing), or the head scraping the surface of the drive (and thereby removing the magnetic media that holds the data).
One other thing that it might mean is that the hard drive controller chip, which is on the logic board, has failed. But that doesn't really explain the high pitched sound you heard (unless it was from the speakers, and was caused by an electrical failure on the logic board that leaked into the sound generating chip).
At this point, I think you need to have a technician look at the computer.
good luck,
charlie

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