on 6/5/02 3:30 PM, (G-Books) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 22:00:59 +0000 > Subject: Noisy Wallstreet hardrive > From: "richard windeyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> A few months ago, I purchased a refurbished 300MHZ/256RAM/DVD Wallstreet PB > which came with an IBM DYLA-28100 8.1-GB, 2.5-Inch IDE Hard-Disk Drive. The > drive, it turns out, is surprisingly(?) loud. It spins down fine, but the > hard drive needs to spin pretty continuously most of the time for what i'm > doing (audio mosly). My refurbed wallstreet had that same drive in it, it started out OK, however within 3 months it got really noisy, and was driving me nuts. I recently swapped it out for a 20 gig IBM Travelstar, that drive is quite reasonable, let's hope it stays that way. Seth -- Seth Austen http://www.sethausten.com emails: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
