Re: Hard Drive problems (?)

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From: waltrip
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 23:07

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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?
	I have a mono NeXTstation also with the 400 MB drive and I have heard a
	similar sound a couple of times.  Couldn't swear it's the drive,
	though.  Might be a fan.

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