Should I worry?

PB working fine. Suddenly there is a humming noise. Quiet but quite audible. Constant pitch, somewhat like a fluorescent ballast noise.
I can think of only two things that might be doing it. A fan or the hard disk. Combo drive is empty.
Is there a way to spin down that hard disk so I can see if that is the source of the problem?
Tried all the normal stuff, safe boot, zap pram, repair permissions etc.
Or I could just fuggedaboudit.
Thoughts? Of course my Apple Care just ran out
TiBook 15 1 gHz Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Hi, Harvey. I have the same Tibook you do. There is
never a time when I can't hear the hard drive softly
spinning, and when either or both of the fans comes
on, that's unmistakably louder than the HD. If your
Tibook has been inaudible and is now barely audible,
you have nothing to worry about.
It's far more than barely audible. I do know the disk sound and this isn't it. I'm pretty sure it isn't the fans either since the noise starts immediately upon wake and remains the same even should the fan turn on. It is quite clearly a hum that is new, reminiscent of vibration from a tiny motor.
I guess I'll just have to get used to it. Backing up every night is reassuring
Thanks

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