25 Jun
2002
25 Jun
'02
8:02 a.m.
Hi,
Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com> said:
Does anyone know of any resources on the web that describe the various
sounds hard drives will make before they start to crash?
Like, I know from experience that when I hear a hard drive occasionally
buzz or give out a momentary high pitched squeal, it means the bearings
are failing and it will probably eventually crash (maybe not soon, but
eventually).
Anyone have any info on this?
I've had 2 hard drives* fail in this way. On dismantling it was clear
that in both cases the original grease had gone hard. Both made that
high pitched squeal. Both ran for a few months like that before they
stopped turning for good.
* A full-height 30Mb IBM in my 1985 AT and the 20MB drive in my Mac SE.
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