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Subject: Re: -current kills harddrives
To: michaelv@MindBender.serv.net (Michael L. VanLoon)
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:55 +0300 (EET DST)
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> >>   I could hear the disk making little clicking noises (the kind it
> >> makes when you power it up) and spinnign down and then back up over and
> >> over.
> >Overheated.
> Or a dying power supply...

now that you did mention this...

i had noises like that coming from my non freebsd drive too, at work,
and throwing the power cable i had away and using another one
solved the prob for good... i think... =)


mickey