Possibly your action of opening the case, doing things in there and closing the case shook something relevant to the HD to settle the harmonic?
> Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2003 19:45:53 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: clicking seagate HD in 7300 > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi, > > I have a 7500 that has a 20GB seagate barracuda hard drive. I put the seagate > in when the old drive went kaput less than two years ago. As soon as I > installed the drive I too heard a strange clicking noise that scared me. > Sometimes it would also make a faint, tinny-sounding (as in tin, not tiny) > beep. The noises weren't constant, just once in a while. But, the drive > appeared to work just fine, so I just got used to it. > > However, a few months back, I installed a Sonnet G3/500 upgrade card along > with an additional 244MB of memory, and the sounds immediately disappeared. > My hard drive is now *amazingly* quiet -- just like the marketing verbiage > said it would be. So, I'm thinking the Seagate drives make noise when they > are having to work too hard to accommodate a slow processor or something. > Just my idiot's deductive reasoning at work here. I really have no clue. I > just thought I'd share this info as it is something that I noticed in my > machine. > > See ya. > > Tamara -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
