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From: pflikk@wam.umd.edu (Paul Glen Flikkema)
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Subject: Re: Noisy 400MB drive?
Summary: Some are
Keywords: screeching 400 drive
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Date: 7 Mar 91 15:13:51 GMT
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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.

This is not a rumor, although the problem is not the volume of
the noise, it's the spectrum--a high-pitched whine with the effect
(over more than a minute) of fingernails-on-the-chalkboard.
This has been reported by one other NeXTer to my knowledge, and
occurred on my original drive *and* the replacement.  Others have
reported blissful white noise.  I thought I could determine the
brand of my whiny drive when the technician opened up my Nstation,
but it had a piece of cardboard glued to the top!  The reason this
is important is that some have sent me good reports on the Seagate
unit, so maybe I got two from another vendor (HP ?).

So, for me, at least for now, its earplugs or no use. But the
people at the UMD Computer Emporium have been responsive to my plight
so far--evoking a sense of optimism.  We'll see...

-Paul




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Paul Flikkema (pflikk@wam.umd.edu)   Electrical Engineering Grad. Student
                  University of Maryland, College Park