I mean't to say the system fan ...I think it's the drive motor on death's
door ...so does seagate!
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From: Tony B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: Diagnosis: noise of death or ?
Does the drive really have a fan? That's
Contacted seagate and they were all too ready to exchange it ...I think this
is common ...I escalated to a tech and he said to backup my stuff NOW and
while waiting for the exchange drive ($20) I should visit a local religious
institution to make sure it doesn't fly apart before the other one gets
and all the bad jokes when i said i saved the box on my externals so return
would be easy.
in maryland, the warantee sort of starts over. they cannot keep patching to
get you through the two years or whatever.
At 03:26 PM 9/23/2008, you wrote:
Contacted seagate and they were all too ready to
My seagate barracuda 120gb ST3120026A is in a dell 4400 and there is a ringa
janga sound which comes from the unit...I wonder if it is the unit fan
because it began suddenly a few weeks ago and running SeaTools and using the
spindown feature, the sound doesn't go away. The running temp is 27-30
Does the drive really have a fan? That's unusual. Anyway, usually you
can isolate fan noise by ear or by unplugging it. You may not have to
open the case - not to ear-ball the front and rear case fans,
anyway.
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:46 PM, rlsimon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My seagate
Open the case and see.
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:46 AM, rlsimon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My seagate barracuda 120gb ST3120026A is in a dell 4400 and there is a
ringa
janga sound which comes from the unit...I wonder if it is the unit fan
because it began suddenly a few weeks ago and running
