Short "car alarm" sound from Ibook G3

I have a dual USB Ibook that has started making the dreaded car alarm sound when waking from sleep, and sometimes completely randomly.. I have found it impossible to find anything about this issue until I read a similar thread here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1251153&#1251153
My question is: Why has Apple not written anything about this in their support forums?, it's a pretty straight forward thing by the look of it (your hard drive is about to implode!) The SMART status of the HDD is "failing", and I expect to have to replace it very soon. It would have been nice if a little more help regarding this problem was available, so c'mon Apple, write it up please? Thanks, Harry

Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
As you may have seen in searching for information about your issue, this is a user-to-user forum, so addressing Apple here doesn't get the job done if you want to communicate with the company.
This happens so rarely that, apparently, an Apple Knowledge Base article hasn't been written on the phenomenon. It would seem apparent, particularly with the S.M.A.R.T. status showing as "failing," that it is just one more indication of the imminent demise of the hard drive.
There used to be a Feedback form you could fill out for such requests, but since iBooks are now discontinued, the Feedback form is gone.
If you would like to make a comment on another product's Feedback form, they are available here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
The closest would be the MacBook, but they have a totally different drive (SATA instead of ATA), so the siren may not even happen on them.
Good luck with your new hard drive.

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