On Wednesday, Feb 26, 2003, at 22:08 Europe/London, the pickle wrote: > At 15:05 -0600 on 26/02/03, David Undlin wrote: > >> I have a recently-purchased PM8500 that is working fine. However, >> when the >> machine is on and not being used, I hear what apparently is the HD >> every >> minute-or-two. It sounds like the HD is accessed twice within a >> second, then >> it is quiet for about two minutes. The sound is not loud or >> irritating, but >> I was wondering if this is normal. And maybe more importantly, what >> is going >> on? > > How about asking the PCI-Powermacs people?
Indeed, these lists deals with early Macs powered by 68030 or older CPUs. I can vouch for the fact that the PCI-PowerMacs list is very good at answering the vast majority of questions regarding that strain of Mac, I have asked enough questions about 7500s (same board, different case) on there. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.68kmac.com> Visit my Homepage: <http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson> Vintage Macs List Nanny "Never send a human to do a machine's job." -The Matrix -- Vintage Macs 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> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
