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From: ksbolduan@amherst.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Squealing CMS Hard drive
Message-ID: <10251.26fe9681@amherst.bitnet>
Date: 24 Sep 90 23:28:01 GMT
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I have a CMS 60 meg hard drive (Segate), circa 1988 which has recently begun
emitting a most UNBEARABLE noise. It still seems to work just fine, but about
30 minutes after I have turned it on, it emits this high pitch squeal that is
almost impossible to work with. I removed the casing, turned it on, and let it
go until it started squealing. Then, after turning it off, stopped the fan with
my hand and the noise continued. It is, apparently, as much as I can tell by
putting my ear to it, within the enclosed hard drive itself. The clincher,
however, is that if I turn it off and then turn it right back on again, it's
fine for another 30 minutes or so before it begins again.

I've not noticed ANY problems with its performance (it's always been slow! :-))
and there hasn't been any loss of data. I'm wary of turning it on and off every
half hour of use, but the noise is simply too high pitched to stand while
working.

Has anybody ever seen anything like this? Is there an easy and cheap way for ME
to fix it? Or has something come loose? It hasn't always done this, but began
early in the summer. Do I need to take it in? It's NOT intermittent-it always
happens-but sometimes it takes 20 minutes and other times it takes 45. Any
suggestions? 

Kevin Bolduan
KSBOLDUAN@AMHERST