Phoenix
Fee-nix
I have a mac G-4 with operating system 10.3. recently, usually at start up, my computor has been making a repetitive clicking noise. when this clicking starts, the computor ceases all activity and the cursor becomes a spinning wheel.
the clicking seems to be coming from the internal hard disks. i have tried repairing the disk permissions, i have tried reinstalling the operating system onto an alternate disk, i have tried doing the command-s process at startup to do the fsck -fy command, and i have tried running the mac hardware test disk.
the mac hardware test disk worked until i got to the section that said Volume structure, at which point the clicking continued. another bit of information-when i do the command-s process, sometimes the computor starts clicking, and a line comes up saying "DATAcontrol device blocking bus".
My dad thinks we may have to replace one of the hard disks. does anyone have any further suggestions as to what i can try to do to fix this problem? i would appreciate any suggestions or ideas
the clicking seems to be coming from the internal hard disks. i have tried repairing the disk permissions, i have tried reinstalling the operating system onto an alternate disk, i have tried doing the command-s process at startup to do the fsck -fy command, and i have tried running the mac hardware test disk.
the mac hardware test disk worked until i got to the section that said Volume structure, at which point the clicking continued. another bit of information-when i do the command-s process, sometimes the computor starts clicking, and a line comes up saying "DATAcontrol device blocking bus".
My dad thinks we may have to replace one of the hard disks. does anyone have any further suggestions as to what i can try to do to fix this problem? i would appreciate any suggestions or ideas