From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Mon Feb 26 2001 - 19:33:19 EST
power off your thinkpad..
remove the 32gig HDD..
hold the HDD by the end and NOT the black plastic bezel and shake it about..
if you hear a rattle noise coming from the HDD, its completely normal.. :-)
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Khoury" <pkhoury_at_loop.com>
To: "Steven Ritchie" <SRitchie_at_RetroStudios.com>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: harddrive question
> Yup, heard it on most of my older drives, like 3-6GB.
> I think it might be recalibration, but I've seen it do it A LOT in
succession.
> Worries me too.
>
> Paul
>
>
> --Original Message Text---
> From: Steven Ritchie
> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 15:56:00 -0600
>
> harddrive question
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have an a21p with the 32gig harddrive. Every once and a while it makes
this terrible sound like the heads are
> banging against the arm stops or something and I was wondering if anyone
else gets the same thing? It doesn't
> happen often but when it does it sounds like a big solenoid is knocking
against the drive case. *knock* *knock*
> *whir*
>
> It might just be some recalibration thing, but it's pretty surprising.
>
> Anyone heard this? Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
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