From: Randal Whittle (rwhittle_at_usa.net)
Date: Sat Oct 03 1998 - 00:48:33 EDT
At 11:06 PM 10/2/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>If anyone could give me some feedback, it would be appreciated.... I have a
>new TP 600 with a 4gb drive which randomly makes a light "tonk" sound.
YES!! Me too! Except mine is the 3.1 GB.
>It's not disk swapping (e.g., normal read/write sound) and it's not an evil
>sounding grinding or whining (e.g., disk crash)... just a clean little
>middle-toned sound like "plonk" or "tonk." A mechanical movement perhaps?
I disagree--its more than a little worrisome. It sounds a *lot* like the
nasty noise my 560's HD made before it completely crashed (after the
machine had been dropped on the floor). That's why I worry...
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