----- Original Message ----- From: "Angus Auld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:07:50 -0300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Ghost in the machine?
> Greetings, I had something strange occur today > as I was doing some downloading with Apollon > on my Mandrake10 system. > Suddenly my cd burner drive spun up for no reason. > I didn't have a cd in the drive, and wasn't doing > anything with the drive at all. My system seemed to be > responding normally otherwise, so I rebooted, and > things seem OK now. > > What could have caused the glitch? My cdrw crapping out on me? It's an LG GCE-8525B, > and is only a few months old. > > Anyone ever note this sort of thing, or have any ideas on it? > Many TIA's for your time. > Regards. > > --Angus >************************************* In answer to my own post....I have determined that the sound I have been detecting, and thought to be my cdrw drive, is instesad coming from the fan in my power supply. ;-| I'll have to replace the fan/power supply right away. --Angus "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." -- James Thurber *********************************************** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 10.0~ *********************************************** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *********************************************** -- _____________________________________________________________ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. >From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze
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