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From: hoffmann@acl.kodak.com (marty hoffmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Whistling Hard Drive
Message-ID: <1991Feb6.052300.8338@ssd.kodak.com>
Date: 6 Feb 91 05:23:00 GMT
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I've owned an ST296N for about a year now.  Tonight, it acquired a singing
voice.  Actually, it has started whistling -- very loud -- very high
pitched -- very annoying.

I don't usually power it down, but I'm going to have to tonight.  I
suspect that its just the spindle.  Are there any kinds of lubricants
that one can apply to a disk to keep it spinning smoothly and
flawlessly?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

						Marty Hoffmann