Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 10:58:59 +0100 From: "Gunnarsson, Mikael" <Mikael.Gunnarsson@octapharma.se> To: "Erich Dollansky" <oceanare@pacific.net.sg>, "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: <CD1C1AC62C4DA944914E36E7B3DD904313DB17@sestosrv004p.ad.octapharma.se>
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> > 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= .
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