Re: Whining Drives

2002-08-01 Thread Gregg Eshelman
Dry bearings. Dismantling a drive to drip a tiny amount of sewing machine oil on the bearings is a tricky proposition. Getting the thing back together is $^!@$@$ near impossible. :P I have an old Seagate 320meg SCSI that I took apart, got both bearings oiled but I couldn't get the heads back

Whining Drives

2002-07-31 Thread Visionary
Hi folks: Does anyone have experience with Seagate ST15150N drives? Is it normal for them to be incredibly noisy in a whiney sort of way? I'm not complaining because these came in a two-drive SCSI enclosure that I thought to contain no working drives whatsoever. But these two drives both seem to

Re: Whining Drives

2002-07-31 Thread the pickle
At 21:11 -0600 on 31/07/02, Visionary wrote: Does anyone have experience with Seagate ST15150N drives? Is it normal for them to be incredibly noisy in a whiney sort of way? I'm not complaining Never had one myself, but a high-pitched whine wouldn't surprise me coming from that drive, because

Re: Whining Drives

2002-07-31 Thread william ahearn
the pickle wrote: At 21:11 -0600 on 31/07/02, Visionary wrote: because the Barracudas are notoriously fast and high-end :) When you spin the platters that fast, some whining is bound to happen. -- Sorta like an F-15 coming up from a cold start. It can get annoying. It's on a shelf at

Re: Whining Drives

2002-07-31 Thread Cameron Kaiser
Does anyone have experience with Seagate ST15150N drives? Is it normal for them to be incredibly noisy in a whiney sort of way? I'm not complaining because these came in a two-drive SCSI enclosure that I thought to contain no working drives whatsoever. But these two drives both seem to work.

Re: Whining Drives

2002-07-31 Thread b e n w e l l s | headwerkx
Seagate ST15150N drives? It is an obscenely loud drive, yes. It is also faster than greased lightning and generates enough heat to contribute to global warning. Keep it well ventilated. The ST15150N is a real hot-rod in both speed and temperature. This is interesting because I plan on

Re: Whining Drives

2002-07-31 Thread the pickle
At 15:23 +1000 on 01/08/02, b e n w e l l s | headwerkx wrote: Seagate ST15150N drives? It is an obscenely loud drive, yes. It is also faster than greased lightning and generates enough heat to contribute to global warning. Keep it well ventilated. The ST15150N is a real hot-rod in both

Re: Whining Drives

2002-07-31 Thread Randy Beaudreault
Hi folks: Does anyone have experience with Seagate ST15150N drives? Is it normal for them to be incredibly noisy in a whiney sort of way? I'm not complaining because these came in a two-drive SCSI enclosure that I thought to contain no working drives whatsoever. But these two drives both seem to