Re: Suddenly LOUD Drive

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From: Philip O'Carroll
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 12:59

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pmartin@landau.ucdavis.edu (Pat Martin) writes:

>I have a Quantum ProDrive LPS 540MB internal drive inside my
>computer itself and all of a sudden it has become very LOUD
>with a whining type of sound; however, it is functioning
>perfectly. Any hints clues or ideas appreciated.
>pat
>pmartin@landau.ucdavis.edu

I believe DEC did a study where they found that they could predict some
70% of drive failures before they happened simply by logging things like 
strange noises and increasing soft error rates. This is from memory though I
have seen two drives fail after giving out warning signs. One of them
began making louder spinning and seeking noises. The other one was DOS
formatted and just gave more and more errors before giving up entirely.

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Subject: Re: Suddenly LOUD Drive
Date: 19 Jan 1995 12:59:58 -0000
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