Apple LATE 2009 manual Return system to customer

8. With hard drive removed and	Yes	Go to J04 Optical Drive Noisy.
no media in the optical drive,
boot from an external volume
and determine if the noise is
	No	Go to step 9.
caused by media in the optical
drive.

9. With replacement hard drive	Yes	Customer hard drive noise
installed verify whether noise		level is similar to a known
level is noticeably quieter than		good one and does not
customer’s hard drive.		require repair.
	No	Replace customer’s hard drive.	H06
		Return system to customer.

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