>
> Ok, I know this is furthering the off-topic, non-classic posts, but as
> said before, this is hands down the best place to ask these questions
> since there is a lot of hardware knowledge floating around.
>
> I'm working on a project right now where I'm using several PCs with
> Western Digital Caviar 11200 IDE hard drives. As I'm working, I'll hear
> some strange "thunking" sound coming from the PCs. After a while I
> finally found out it was coming from the hard drive of a couple PCs. It
> sounds as if the head is hitting against the case or something. Now,
> there is no disk access going on at all when this is happening, and it
> happens regularly at (seemingly) random intervals throughout the day. All
> of a sudden I'll start to hear the thunking sound and it will be coming
> from one of the two machines' hard drive. Very odd.
>
> Sorry for this non-related matter but again, this is the best place to
> ask.
>
>
> Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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Sam,
Good thing, you asked! Please jump over to the www.wdc.com and d/l
the program that will revise the hd's bios to be more quieter.
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Received on Fri Nov 14 1997 - 15:51:52 GMT