22 Feb
2006
22 Feb
'06
8:16 p.m.
On 2/22/2006 at 7:04 PM Marvin Johnston wrote:
Interesting FYI ... Like anyone who has been around the
early days of
micro HDs, I have heard HDs make an attention getting squeal.
There's another type of squeal on older 5.25" drives. Some (Rodime, maybe)
used a spindle brake where a solenoid is attached to a friction pad
normally pressed against the spindle. I've had one or two drives where the
solenoid or its driving circuitry didn't work and there was a terrible
squeal as the friction pad worked against the spindle.
I simply removed the solenoid and allowed sufficient time for the unit to
spin down normally before moving the unit.
Cheers,
Chuck