From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 12 01:59:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E364216A4CE for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 01:59:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.octapharma.se (smtp.octapharma.se [195.198.168.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A56D143D45 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 01:59:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Mikael.Gunnarsson@octapharma.se) Received: from sestosrv004p.ad.octapharma.se ([195.198.13.61] unverified) by smtp.octapharma.se with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:02:05 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 10:58:59 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: About the IBM R40e notebook and its harddrive, making strange sounds. Thread-Index: AcQHKXPEHD/tTUliTpe2aW5e6bK/1QA7paMQ From: "Gunnarsson, Mikael" To: "Erich Dollansky" , "Jason" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Mar 2004 10:02:05.0359 (UTC) FILETIME=[12AA93F0:01C40819] cc: Ludwig Schreier cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: About the IBM R40e notebook and its harddrive, making strange sounds. X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:59:03 -0000 > > Would "dack" be the normal sound for your drive, or is it > only un= der > > It sounds like the normal operating sound. I have one 20 GB I= BM > drive since 2 years. The noise makes you jump but the drive still = > works. I moved it between notebooks and operating systems. It is > = always the same sound but it looks to me that the noise is less > under= FreeBSD. I get the same weird clacking sound from my Thinkpad 240 wit= h a 6GB drive (most likely IBM too). It made me worried the first times, = but now I've had the machine for couple of months and it hasn't shown any= problems.. The previous owner used NT4 on the machine, but she never com= plained about any sound, so I don't know if it existed then or she just n= ever mentioned it.. M This email and any files transmitted with it ar= e confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entit= y to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error pl= ease notify the system manager. This message contains confidential inform= ation and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the n= amed addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail= .