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Date:      Tue, 29 Nov 2022 18:10:03 +0100
From:      FreeBSD User <freebsd@walstatt-de.de>
To:        "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: CAM: extract HDD informations about failure/to fail?
Message-ID:  <20221129181030.25299ff0@thor.intern.walstatt.dynvpn.de>
In-Reply-To: <202211272112.2ARLCnsk013242@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Am Sun, 27 Nov 2022 21:12:49 +0000
"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> schrieb:

> --------
> Warner Losh writes:
> 
> > It close to impossible to isolate the drive making the noise.   
> 
> Use a long thin piece of hard wood as a stethoscope.
> 
> I keep a 30cm length of 6mm beech dowel in my tool-chest,
> but in a pinch you can use a pencil or the shaft from an
> art-brush.
> 
> Press one end agaist the little piece of cartilage which
> can close into your ear, and hold the other end against the suspect
> disk-drive, and you hear if there are any mechanical issues.
> 
> It also works for fans, motors, bikes etc.
> 

Awesome!
I'll try this nice idea.

Thanks and kind regards,

Oliver

-- 
O. Hartmann



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