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In <10130@cg-atla.UUCP> lucas@cg-atla.UUCP (Dick Lucas) writes:



>My 65 Meg RLL Seagate drive screams like a banshee when I cold boot my
>system.  The racket lasts for what seems like about a half hour, then
>goes away until the next cold boot.  Does this sound like anything I
>can remedy, or is it something I need to learn to live with?

>Dick Lucas	Miles Inc., Agfa Div., Wilmington MA     decvax!cg-atla!lucas

Take a look underneath the drive. On the circuit board you will see
a flat phosphor-bronze spring that bears on the shaft of the motor
that drives the platters. Either clean between it and the shaft,
add a drop of light oil, or bend it out of the way. These springs
are there to drain static from the platters, but I have see drives
work quite normally without the spring. Of course, the first thing
to do is to power-up the drive and lift this spring a little just
to make sure that it is the problem.

Bob.