Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!uwovax!jansson
From: jansson@uwovax.uwo.ca
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Help: High pitched noise from hard drive
Message-ID: <4714.25b49999@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 17 Jan 90 21:13:13 GMT
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My hard drive makes a rather loud high pitched noise intermittently.
I have not been able to determine a distinct pattern in the occurance 
of the noise.  For a while I thought that it occured more often when the
room I keep it in was warmer than when it was colder.  But I am not so sure
anymore.  It seems to make this noise for about fifteen minutes and then
stop for a few minutes.

I bought the computer from MICRO 1 and do not really want to ship it
from London, Ontario to Arizona if not absolutely necessary.

MICRO 1 states that the sound I hear is static electricity being discharged
throug a wire from the hard drive to the case.  I have never heard of this
before.  Is it possible?  Can I fix it myself?

If you gather that I do not have much faith in Micro 1 you are correct.

Specifics:  Toshiba 22ms, 66Mb, RLL.

Any, and all, help on this would be much appreciated.
Mikael
Jansson@uwovax.uwo.ca
Jansson@uwovax.bitnet