The Adventures of Citrus Boy

Catastrophic hard drive failure in 5… 4…

Posted in Apple by Matt on the December 24, 2005

I just noticed that when I tilt my PowerBook sideways, the hard drive stops working.

Here’s a fun experiment: I’ll launch a program, browse to a folder of large images, or start some other disk intensive task and then lift the computer from my lap. Everything literally grinds to a halt, and I’m presented with the dreaded spinning beach ball of death. As soon as a place the computer on a level surface everything returns to normal.

I know what you’re thinking. No, this can’t be good.

True, my PowerBook has been acting flakey recently. The occasional crash, slow down, and odd fan noises even prompted me to call Apple technical support a few weeks ago. Their suggestion? Run the hardware diagnostics. The tests indicated nothing was wrong, and that was the end of that.

But now I have plan. I’ll run the hardware diagnostics sideways.

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  1. eri said,

    on December 25, 2005 on 8:08 am

    That is horrible!
    Maybe there’s a screw missing. -_-;;
    I bet it’s related to that weird sound it used to make when you tilt it.

  2. The Adventures of Citrus Boy » Teetering on the brink said,

    on December 25, 2005 on 11:19 pm

    [...] I was all ready for a spectacular hard drive crash, and then tonight something unexpected happened: my PowerBook’s AC adapter stopped working. Without a way to recharge the battery, my precious PowerBook was on its way to becoming a 5-pound paperweight. [...]


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