Hi Tom, > Generally cold starts where you hear whining and buzzing are from > cheap fans that use sleeve bearings instead of ball bearings. OTOH, > these don't prevent bootup other than if the fans are so impaired as > to cause overheating before the system can complete the bootstrap > process. > > Harddrives (and CD drives) can also produce similar sounds when > cold, and it's not a good sign. Same deal, bearings. You can check by > placing a rod of some sort (heck, I've used a spoon), in contact with > the drives side and the other end against the bone just by your outer > ear opening. This greatly amplifies the sound you hear from the > insides of the drive, and pinpoints which drive. You might get away > with it for a while, but it's a sure sign of pending mechanical > failure of the device.
Right, that settles it. Definately doing a major backup soon! I've been telling myself I should of by now for ages :) > I lost an important 30g, 8 month old, IBM, 7200rpm to this symptom > ;( In that case, the drive was run 24/7, till I went out of town > for a week. It would never spin up again, system wouldn't boot. Lost > whatever I didn't have already backup'd to CDr's. Thanks for everyones help. I shall now sit and wait for it to fail! Cheers, Jord -- Jordan Elver I thought I could see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it was just some b*stard with a torch, bringing me more work. -- David Brent (The Office)
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