koreth@panarthea.ebay.sun.com (Steven Grimm) (10/14/89)
I've noticed that my SH204 hard drive has been getting noisier and noisier
over time. Has anyone else noticed their drives acting that way? Can anyone
suggest a fix?
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sgrimm@sun.com ...!sun!sgrimmmatthews@umd5.umd.edu (Mike Matthews) (10/14/89)
In article <34541@grapevine.uucp> koreth@panarthea.ebay.sun.com (Steven Grimm) writes: >I've noticed that my SH204 hard drive has been getting noisier and noisier >over time. Has anyone else noticed their drives acting that way? Can anyone >suggest a fix? > >--- >" !" - Marcel Marceau >Steven Grimm Moderator, comp.{sources,binaries}.atari.st >sgrimm@sun.com ...!sun!sgrimm Yeah, happened to my Seagate 251 as well. A local hard drive guru type person suggested that it might be a worn "spindle"; [this of course depends on what kind of hard drive mech the SH204 has] the little thing on the bottom of the hard drive that spins (middle of mech. approx.) and is covered by a tab. That occasionally gets worn, causing a wobbling that makes the sound. In my case, however, the 251 was turning itself into dogmeat. Mike Matthews