Re: [Thinkpad] TravelStar 5K80 drive ticking?

My 7k60 is silent as well.... I have a number of other Ibm's that all emit
various kinds of "noise".... clicking etc. This is the best drive I've
ever owned. My 5k60 runs a close second.

----- Original Message -----
From: "James H. E. Maugham" <James.H.Maugham@verizon.net>
To: "Rob Bell" <RobDBell@netscape.net>; <starfirect@hotmail.com>
Cc: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 9:25 PM
Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] TravelStar 5K80 drive ticking?

> Rob Bell wrote:
>
> > Thank you for the confirmation. Kind of a bummer that they make this
> > distracting noise. Odd for such an otherwise quiet drive. It wouldn't
> > be so bad if it just did 'tick tick tick' and then stopped. Mine keeps
> > going for long periods of time until there is more drive access.
>
> Then i'm abnormal. My 7K60 HDs make nary a sound. Certainly no ticks,
burps,
> farts, or anything else "weird".
>
> Regards,
>
> James
>
>
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