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Good call, ran it on the second hd says its good too... it does allow me to click on repair disk, repair disk permissions and verify disk permissions where the primary HD would not. I am guessing that is a safeguard anyway I'll open it up tomorrow off and turn it on and listen for the noise. It...

I already ran the HD verify test in utilities and it says its ok so I do not think it is that. I will open it up and look inside.

Its hard to describe... after listening to it for a few times it sounds like a bolt action rifle pushing the bolt forward and down but much more silent. That sounds weird typing it but its the nearest approximation I can make. btw, I found out if a capacitor blew the computer would stop...

Thanks for the post. As i mentioned in my first post I have not used a mac in 19 years so I don't know how to clean out the video card fan. Other than using compressed air I wouldn't know where to begin. I've worked with PC for many years and can diagnose and repair a PC if it so much as...

Hello, I have not used an apple in 19 years so I am very rusty navigating an apple. I just bought a G5 tower used off Craigslist. I got it today and the computer makes a noise now and then like a capacitor blowing. It seems to be intermittent and on a cycle and it runs fine otherwise. I...