OT: tibook keeps making clunk sound

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

I have one of these machines, and the fan only comes on during times of
high heat (or when it THINKS the heat might be getting high -- oftentimes
the heat is high and the fan doesn't come on). The fan is pretty loud, so
if something's blocking it, you'd definitely have the problem you describe.

On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 18:16:41 -0500, Terry Richards wrote:

> Matthew Page wrote:
> 
>>Are you sure it's the hard drive and not a bad fan?  I've got a fan that
>>makes a similar 'zipper grinding it's teeth' sound.  It doesn't happen
>>all the time, but it's loud when it does.
>>  
>>
> if it was the fan it wouldn't be in short one second spurts separated by 
> two seconds of quiet right? a fan would be doing it for longer periods 
> right?
> it does seem to be connected to high heat...but i think getting very hot 
> is typical for tibooks and the noise doesn't seem to be coming from the 
> area where the fans are. as a matter of fact i am not sure i have ever 
> heard the fans run...maybe they don't and that is the reason ??? i guess 
> i could put some tissue paper in front of the holes and see if the air 
> is stirring.
> 
> :-)^2
> 
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