Thanks to all who responded! Steve
On Nov 26, 1:40 pm, Clark Martin <cm...@sonic.net> wrote: > Christian Wacker wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Wolfman <ecoma...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> It is a high pitched whining noise. > > then you're good! > > High Pitched Whining is common for older drives, but it doesn't mean > > dead, heck, my old laptop still works with it's 4gb hdd... whines > > worse than a 2 year old, but still runs just fine. > > We had a server with two 4Gb SCSI drives in a raid. Those suckers > sounded like a bloody power saw. The other guy who worked around them > and I would make a gesture like we were operating a radial arm saw when > the drives get particularly noisy. I still have the drives somewhere. > AFAIK they still work, I just don't want to use them because of the > noise (and that they are only 4Gb). > > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
