Re: Hard Drive problems (?)

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From: mokshamgb Michael Branton
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 16:49

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In article <1992Sep2.175234.6972@nntp.uoregon.edu> cdelay@inferno.uoregon.edu  
(Christian De Lay) writes:
> I'm getting some awfully weird noises from my (406MB) hard drive in my 9  
> month old NeXTstation mono.  Occasionally the drive will make a high pitch  
> whining sound (which sounds similar to a skill saw "powering down") for no  
> apparent reason.  Now, I've had this machine long enough to know that this  
> probably isn't a normal sound for the beast to be making.
> 
> What I want to know is this: Has anyone else experienced this problem?  Are  
> there any known problems with NeXT's hard drives?
> 
> --
> cdelay@inferno.uoregon.edu
> NeXTmail gladly accepted.

I too have heard this sound from my 406MB drive on my color station. Twice.
It's kind of scary. I haven't had any problems with the drive yet, though.

-- 


-Michael

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