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Article #35464New Jasmine Hard Disk: How noisy is too noisy?
From: Tom Quinn
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1988 16:34
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1988 16:34
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I recently purchased a new Jasmine DirectDrive 45 and so far have been very pleased with it, except for the noise it generates. Upon startup it sounds like a jet engine warming up, and during normal operation it produces a very noticeable whine. This being my first hard drive, I accepted the noise as normal, but recently a friend told me his year- old Jasmine hardly emits a peep. My DirectDrive 45 has a Rodime mechanism, if that's any help. So do I exchange it now while I'm in the 'trial' period, or is my drive behaving normally. Could the noise be an indication of some abnormal wear? Please respond via e-mail, since I don't suppose this is of general interest. Thanks, Tom Quinn -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas F. Quinn quinnt@cs.rpi.edu Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Computer Science Department Troy, NY 12180 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas F. Quinn quinnt@turing.cs.rpi.edu Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!itsgw!rpics!quinnt From: quinnt@rpics (Tom Quinn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: New Jasmine Hard Disk: How noisy is too noisy? Keywords: Jasmine, noise, hard disk Message-ID: <5068@itsgw.RPI.EDU> Date: 14 Dec 88 16:34:48 GMT Sender: root@itsgw.RPI.EDU Reply-To: quinnt@turing.cs.rpi.edu (Tom Quinn) Distribution: na Organization: RPI CS Dept. Lines: 26