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In article <3684@creatures.cs.vt.edu> alanlb@csgrad.cs.vt.edu writes:
>Hi there!  I've managed to install a Fujitsu 2624FA in my NeXTstation
>without too much of a problem.  HOWEVER, the drive emits a high-pitched
>squeal/whine when powered up; presumably the sound is that of the drive
>spinning on its bearings.  I find the sound nauseating and would like
>to know if this sound is present in any other 2624FA's out there in
>netland, because if it is, I'll be forced to consider other drives.
>Please tell me that my drive is anomalous; I really like the way Fujitsu
>drives are held in high regard by most people on the net and would
>loathe to have to give it up because of a design problem.
>

A friend and I recently bought a couple of 2624SA's from HDI. They were
shipped to Munich by DHL. They must have been damaged in transit because
_neither_ drive would work - they both vibrated like crazy and never
became "ready". We sent them back and recently received a new pair of
2624FA's, this time shipped by Fed Ex. Again, one of them vibrates and
never becomes ready, the other one is unusable because a newly created
file system causes loads of read errors.

I haven't read of anyone else on the net having these sorts of problems.
Are these drives especially sensitive? Or maybe the baggage handlers at
Munich airport are especially _in_sensitive!

It's very annoying, 'cos it costs a lot of money to keep shipping them
back to the States.

Dave Griffiths