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From: plw@panda.UUCP (Pete Williamson)
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Subject: Re: Hard Disk Noise
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Date: Tue, 20-May-86 14:03:27 EDT
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>>We too have had problems with 20 Mb MicroScience drives
>>and an occasional Seagate.
>>
>>The drives in all cases seemed to be running perfectly except for making
>>rather irritating whinning noises. I oiled the MicroScience as it is not
>>enclosed on the bottom. Well, that worked for about a week and then back
>>to the same old whine. We finally replaced it with a Seagate.
>>

I have a 20 Mb MicroScience drive that works perfectly but occassionally
produces an irritating, high pitched whinning noise.  The culprit in my 
case is the signal connector on the back of the drive.  If I lightly touch
it, the noise damps to zero!  The connector is fairly loose.  I have
stuffed some foam material against the assembly (rather than standing there
with my hand on it!) and the problem goes away for a few weeks.  Every now
and then, I have to jiggle the foam a bit.  A real pain in the butt!

Anybody else seen this or have any tips?
-- 
						Pete Williamson
"By hook or by crook, we will !!" ... #2