Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:26:24 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: Jason <jason@ec.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About the IBM R40e notebook and its harddrive, making strange sounds. Message-ID: <404FF880.8090903@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <404FF295.8080601@ec.rr.com> References: <200403111646.02640.lu.schreier@t-online.de> <404FF295.8080601@ec.rr.com>
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Hi, Jason wrote: >> My harddrive (I believe its a IBM harddrive, since the whole notebook >> is IBM) makes strange sounds every 1-2 minutes if there is _no_ great >> load or system activity. >> >> Don't laugh, but something like: >> >> "dack, dack." >> > 1.My first thought would be its ibm. If you remember reading about ibm > drives dieing for no reason, it was because the heads would drift when It is more the 3 1/2" drives. > Would "dack" be the normal sound for your drive, or is it only under It sounds like the normal operating sound. I have one 20 GB IBM 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. Erichhome | help
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