Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!art100 From: ART100@psuvm.psu.edu (Andy Tefft) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Two Problems Message-ID: <90195.192231ART100@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: 14 Jul 90 23:22:31 GMT References: <9007140344.AA13078@apple.com> <1990Jul14.202817.20280@ee.rochester.edu> Organization: Penn State University Lines: 31 In article <1990Jul14.202817.20280@ee.rochester.edu>, seah@ee.rochester.edu (David Seah) says: > >In article <9007140344.AA13078@apple.com> "Ed 'Apple Guru' Moore" > writes: >>1> Recently my 3.5 drive has made some whistling sounds when it >>runs...Not very loud..but consitant...sounds like somethings hitting >something >>or wearing it down....It only does it when the drive is being used....Is >>it normal, or should I have it checked out? No damage has happened with >>it so far..... > >Sometimes my older/cheaper disks "whine" with the sounds of the media >whippin' past the internal disk padding. I usually ignore it, unless >it's an important data disk and I suspect the disk is wearing down. >I don't know if it's the same phenomena you are experiencing. I think it's the same. Happens to me, too. Usually only on the outer tracks of the disk, so all file operations cause it as they read/write directory info. When I have this happen I usually relegate the particular disk in question to backup status just because the whining is annoying. It happens mostly for me with some 3M disks and one batch of bulk disks (but oddly enough I have never had whining with two other batches of bulk disks. I have found out that that whining and the other noises coming from this disk drive (which I was very impressed with at first because it was so quiet) can be subdued a bit by placing a paperback book or something similar under it. When I moved the computer I moved the drive from a very sturdy desk to the top of my modem sitting on a table and the combination acts like a sounding box for the thing.