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From: mfi@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Mark Interrante)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: LaCie disks -- "Well, how are they?"
Keywords: disk drive, Macintosh, SCS
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Date: 17 Mar 89 12:31:08 GMT
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In article <16825@cisunx.UUCP> vangelde@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Timothy J Van) writes:
>I have a LaCie 20mb disk, just over a year old. Very reliable, SilverServer
>is great, comes with a cable etc - seems like a generally good buy.
>
>BUT
>
>The damn thing is so noisy, at those high frequencies that really get under
>your skin, that I find it virtually impossible to work with the thing on -
[..]
>problem, by the way, is not the fan, its the drive mechanism. Also, all these
>high-pitched noises drift on and off (sometimes coming on and off like
>morse code) so one can only suspect that shitty construction is at fault. 
[..]
>(By the way, I would have returned it to see if they could do anything 
>while it was still under warranty except that I was writing my doctoral
>disseration and couldnt afford to be without it.)

I bought a 40mb drive from them last year.  The drive was moderataly quit until
oct. of last year when it started exhibiting the noises you mentioned.  Over
christmas break I sent it back.  It sounded great for a month and a half.
It now makes the noise again.  I am goingto take it to a local reparguy and
see what they think because I cannot stand it.

Bottom line:
I like everything about my drive except the noise.  It is now louder than
a mac II.



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