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From: jmeissen@ogicse.ogi.edu (John Meissen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hard Drive Whine and Dust?
Message-ID: <12209@ogicse.ogi.edu>
Date: 18 Sep 90 16:11:44 GMT
References: <9009180251.AA01055@astrod>
Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute (formerly OGC), Beaverton, OR
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In article <9009180251.AA01055@astrod> antunes@ASTRO.PSU.EDU (Sandy Antunes) writes:
>Hello!
>  My hard drive has just started faintly whining.  I noticed it making
>a high pitch whine, so I quickly turned it off and then opened up the

There is a small metal strap (usually copper-clad) on the bottom of
the drive that rests against the drive spindle to bleed static from
the spindle assembly. Quite often the action of the spindle rotating
against this strap causes a whine or squeal. Extremely annoying,really.

The cause is quite harmless, but I sure wish I knew a way to stop it
effectively. The only way I know is to make sure the contact point is
clean and hold it snug with a piece of scotch tape.


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