Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!rodan.acs.syr.edu!fadushin From: fadushin@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Phred Dushin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Whizzing on LaCie 30mg drive--CORRECTION Message-ID: <1991Jan3.155850.26389@rodan.acs.syr.edu> Date: 3 Jan 91 15:58:50 GMT References: <1991Jan3.031348.16526@rodan.acs.syr.edu> Distribution: na Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Lines: 14 In article <1991Jan3.031348.16526@rodan.acs.syr.edu> I write: >My LaCie 30mg cirrus drive has begun to emit a high-pitched >whizzing sound occasionally. The sound is at a lower frequency >than the drive itself, and it comes and goes every 5 minutes >or so. It sounds like it may be the fan. Well, I pulled the case apart and it turns out the whizzing is actually coming from the drive. This sounds to me like the motor is starting to go on the little guy. Anyone got any ideas? Fred Dushin Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Internet: Bitnet: fadushin@rodan.acs.syr.edu fadushin@sunrise.bitnet (FYI, RODAN is a Sun4 running SunOS Release 4.1_PSR_A.)