That's a term that people use when a tornado is coming, and when I woke up at 6am this morning, that's what my computer sounded like. Apparently my computer's a/c power supply was making this really loud blowing noise. I woke up thinking there was a tornado coming at me - freaked the hell out of me. Tired as hell, I thought one of the harddrives collapsed, and I quickly shut the computer down. Went back sleep, woke up and started dealing with this damned thing. Realizing it was the a/c power supply, I unplugged everything, took apart my tower and looked at it - it seemed fine. Then I was rummaging around here for the two other idle old computers, hoping one of those power supplies would work. Damn plugs didn't match up to the motherboard ports, despite being generally the same age as my comp.

So, I put my attention to the original a/c power supply, and for the first time opened that up (which was a b!tch trying to get that cover off). Some plastic sheet cover came out, and I looked at the fan, which seemed to be alright. So I put it all back together, and after 2 hours and dealing with about 20 tiny-ass screws screwed on as tightly as possible, plugged everything back and hoped for the best. Apparently this actually fixed the problem - either the fan was loose or that plastic sheet cover got loose. Either way I'm glad I don't have to get a new computer, or at the very least - put all my drives in an older and slower computer. I haven't ripped this damn thing apart in years, and I'm glad I never got in the business. Those are some tight fits in there and the metal scrapes the hell out of your hands. It was an exhausting ordeal.