24 Jul
2013
24 Jul
'13
3:43 a.m.
On Wed, 24 Jul 2013, Rik Bos wrote:
Thanks for the advice, why should it be different ?
Well, our drives made terrible noises when they spun up the first time
after many years. My first thought was bad bearings (singing and
screaking like old HDDs), but otherwise the drives worked fine, so I just
ignored (and somehow even enjoyed ;-)) the noise. But the noise went away
after a few hours of running, so I think the bearings (the grease or
whatever) have "recovered" from sitting there unused for such a long time.
But it may be possible that you really have bad bearings or a bad motor.
Removing the coil connection and a little tampering
with the control lines
should keep the drive on.
But you of cause do own a DSU unit, which makes live a lot easier...
Am I right ?
What is a DSU unit? But no, I used the drive normally, attached to out
HP1000/2100 system.
Christian