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In article <11176@tekecs.GWD.TEK.COM> kathie@tekecs.GWD.TEK.COM (Kathleen Huddleston) writes:
>My La Cie drive and also my Dataframe had noise problems (high
>pitched squeaking, squeeling).  It's caused by a tag that is
>supposed to float just over the spindle area of the disk, but
>over time starts to rub. [...]  I was able to fix it myself
>[...] It involves taking the drive apart, then
>bending this tag up and completely out of the way of the spindle
>area. [...]

I was under the impression that the "tag" was there to ground out any static
buildup (Maybe they should have used some "Bounce" sheets :-) If this is true,
bending the tag away from the spindle could cause the spinning disk to develop
a large static charge that could "arc" over to some place in the disk (like
maybe the head assembley ?-). In any case, the arc could cause some lose of 
data on the disk.

I have noted, on drives that have become squeaky, that the pad on the end of
the tab has become indented and polished. I have taken a -metel- nail file and
ruffened the the pad to remove the polish. This operation has stoped the 
squeak on every drive I have tried it on (All of one.)

I am not recomeneding this procedure. Nor is Prime/Compuervision. Please don't
hold me responsible if you try it. My recomendition is to contact La Cie and
talk to the service people.

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