Gary, I did a quick check of this site, but no mention of a 3400 (and the puny 1.3 Gig original drive) that I use. And yes, using 8.6 OS, the drive has a tendancy to spin down. (It was not a clean install of 8.6, but a dump from the first CD I ever burned.) Cheers George
--- "Gary D. Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What that "clack" sound is (I think) is the hard > drive cycling. You > might look at installing APM Tuner (Apple Power > Manager Tuner) which > allows you to set the period "sleep" of the drive. > > Gary > > URL: > > http://www01.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/gb3/eijim/index-E.html > ===== "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself." Quoted from St Luke, 10:27. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus – Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------