Ok, I've googled but have not turned anything up, so I turn to the experts
on the list.
I have a 60GB IBM hard drive (can't get at the model number and don't
want to power down to do so right now).
Every once in a while I hear it make the most disconcerting noise. It
sounds like a <chirp> followed by a <ka-clunk> followed by another <chirp>
and then another <ka-klunk>, all in the span of no more than 2 seconds.
It sounds as if its skipping a heartbeat or something. What the hell
is going on and how do I defibrilate it? I had a similar problem long ago
with another brand of hard drive (Maxtor maybe?) and it required some sort
of firmware upgrade that fixed it. I checked into this problem a while
ago but did not find anything on IBMs site or through Google.
I do NOT need another hard drive crash right now :(
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Received on Sat Nov 23 2002 - 08:00:44 GMT