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Article #30855Re: disk squeak
From: Jim Cathey
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 1988 15:14
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 1988 15:14
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In article <AWxSJSy00VsG428qIH@andrew.cmu.edu> wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (William M. Bumgarner) writes: >a squealing drive usually means that the bearings are going bad. If it is >under warranty, replace it before the warranty runs out... if not, don't >worry about it for a while. The traditional cause of hard disk squeal is not the bearings, but a static discharge brush pressed against the spindle of the drive. The 'fix' is usually to just rip it loose. No one seems to have an adequate explaination why you need/don't need this thing. This squeal isn't harmful to anything except your nerves. Of course, your bearings _could_ be bad, but it's unlikely. +----------------+ ! II CCCCCC ! Jim Cathey ! II SSSSCC ! ISC Systems Corp. ! II CC ! TAF-C8; Spokane, WA 99220 ! IISSSS CC ! UUCP: uunet!iscuva!jimc ! II CCCCCC ! (509) 927-5757 +----------------+ "With excitement like this, who is needing enemas?"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!iscuva!jimc From: jimc@iscuva.ISCS.COM (Jim Cathey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: disk squeak Message-ID: <1831@iscuva.ISCS.COM> Date: 3 Aug 88 15:14:28 GMT References: <5635@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <61185@sun.uucp> <2937@utastro.UUCP> <4482@mit-vax.LCS.MIT.EDU> <AWxSJSy00VsG428qIH@andrew.cmu.edu> Distribution: comp Organization: ISC Systems Corporation, Spokane, WA Lines: 20