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Oh well, looks like my 18-month-old G4 1.2Ghz iBook has had its first hardware failure. Ran the extended test from the hardware test disc and got the following:
The first signs that my hard drive was starting to fail was when it started producing a slight buzzing noise whenever you tilted the iBook, although it disappeared if you placed it flat on a desk or something. Then about a week ago, it started to struggle a bit when I had my usual programs up like Opera, Adium, Mail and sometimes World of Warcraft all running at the same time. This was perfectly fine before as the 768MB RAM could handle it but once it started locking up and sometimes refused to boot properly after a forced restart, I knew my hard drive was about to die soon. And now the test above has confirmed it.
So looks like I'll have to order a new hard drive soon and install it myself. Hopefully that is the ONLY problem, and I'll still be able to fire it up once more so I can recover my data. So it seems Mac systems aren't as indestructable as I thought. But of course, it's the hard drive's manufacturer to blame here, plus the Mac OS X operating system itself is still a bliss to use. Just firing a warning to anyone who has cared to read this thread. Maybe an extended warranty didn't seem like such a bad idea after all...

The first signs that my hard drive was starting to fail was when it started producing a slight buzzing noise whenever you tilted the iBook, although it disappeared if you placed it flat on a desk or something. Then about a week ago, it started to struggle a bit when I had my usual programs up like Opera, Adium, Mail and sometimes World of Warcraft all running at the same time. This was perfectly fine before as the 768MB RAM could handle it but once it started locking up and sometimes refused to boot properly after a forced restart, I knew my hard drive was about to die soon. And now the test above has confirmed it.
So looks like I'll have to order a new hard drive soon and install it myself. Hopefully that is the ONLY problem, and I'll still be able to fire it up once more so I can recover my data. So it seems Mac systems aren't as indestructable as I thought. But of course, it's the hard drive's manufacturer to blame here, plus the Mac OS X operating system itself is still a bliss to use. Just firing a warning to anyone who has cared to read this thread. Maybe an extended warranty didn't seem like such a bad idea after all...