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Article #10015Re: how to lubricate noisy hard drive?
From: Tom Armistead
Date: Mon, 20 May 1991 02:44
Date: Mon, 20 May 1991 02:44
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In article <1991May18.124744.4158@anomaly.sbs.com> mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes:
>gwoho@nntp-server.caltech.edu (g liu) writes:
>
>>would lubricating it somehow make it quieter?
>
>Yeah, in a way it would...
>
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>>where whould i put the lubrication anyway?
>
>Well, you need to take off the outer casing, and lube the internal
>components. Especially the platters themselves, since you don't want
>the read/write head scraping against the platter.
>
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>>is motor oil fine?
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>I find that Quaker State 10W-30 works best.
>
>MD
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Come on guys - someone may actually be taking this stuff to heart???
I had someone I work with tell me that he read this junk here. He was
SERIOUSLY asking me if I had star-head screw driver to take his hard drive
apart with? Really!!! 8-()
DON'T EVER TAKE YOUR HARD DRIVE APART!!!
Tom
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!sun-barr!newstop!central!letni!void!swsrv1!toma From: toma@swsrv1.cirr.com (Tom Armistead) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: how to lubricate noisy hard drive? Message-ID: <1991May20.024451.6656@swsrv1.cirr.com> Date: 20 May 91 02:44:51 GMT References: <1991May17.172019.10342@nntp-server.caltech.edu> <1991May18.124744.4158@anomaly.sbs.com> Organization: Software Services: Garland, Tx Lines: 40