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From: fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Disk drives
Message-ID: <1425@ssc.UUCP>
Date: 19 Aug 88 20:59:14 GMT
References: <1988Aug11.142740.10281@ateng.uucp> <11190012@hpisoa1.HP.COM> <1402@wa4mei.UUCP>
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[story of funny noise from hd and one solution deleted]

The noise is generally caused by resonance in the spring that holds
the grounding contact on the spindel.  I found that putting a piece of
tape on the spring would change the resonant frequency and the noise
would go away.
-- 
Phil    uunet!pilchuck!ssc!fyl