Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!timbuk!shamash!uc!noc.MR.NET!gacvx2.gac.edu!gacvx2.gac.edu!scott From: scott@mcs-server.gac.edu (Scott Hess) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Noisy 400MB drive? Message-ID: Date: 5 Mar 91 20:35:17 GMT References: <31027@mimsy.umd.edu> Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College Lines: 26 Nntp-Posting-Host: 138.236.10.1 In-reply-to: wilson@mimsy.umd.edu's message of 5 Mar 91 17:27:51 GMTLines: 26 In article <31027@mimsy.umd.edu> wilson@mimsy.umd.edu (Anne Wilson) writes: Has anyone of the 400MB slab owners experienced loud noise problems from their hard disk? I heard a rumor to this effect, and am wondering if anyone has actually had this problem. We've received exactly one of these machines. At first, there was a noticable whine, which was louder than the fan. If this whine had continued, I most certainly would not have been able to stand it (then again, if it had been my machine, my opinion might differ). Luckly enough, it toned down to be about as loud as the fan after a couple minutes of running (during which time we rebooted twice and got it fully onto our network.) Presumably, some bearings or other parts shifted slightly in shipment, and had to work their way back into correct position, or some such. My machine is supposed to be here Real Soon Now, so maybe we'll get a second data point to work from. Later, -- scott hess scott@gac.edu Independent NeXT Developer GAC Undergrad "Tried anarchy, once. Found it had too many constraints . . ." "I smoke the nose Lucifer . . . Bannana, banna."