Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!think!ames!pasteur!agate!ucbvax!decwrl!hplabs!hpda!hpcupt1!hpisoa1!vandys From: vandys@hpisoa1.HP.COM (Andrew Valencia) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: Re: Disk drives Message-ID: <11190012@hpisoa1.HP.COM> Date: 15 Aug 88 16:06:04 GMT References: <1988Aug11.142740.10281@ateng.uucp> Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino Lines: 16 / hpisoa1:comp.unix.microport / chip@ateng.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) / 11:27 am Aug 11, 1988 / >... the disk has been making an arritating whining >sound. It's the kind of noise that drives dogs (and programmers :-)) batty. >It wouldn't be so bad, but it's constantly warbling about, and it sometimes >stops and then starts again. The copper grounding strap which rests against the spindle of the rotating portion of the disk is often the culprit. I'm not familiar with your exact model, but the common solution is just to bend it back so it doesn't rest against the spindle any more. "But doesn't that mean it won't be grounding it any more?!?" you ask. Yup. But no one I've talked to has ever had any trouble, and it sure quiets the guy down. Andy Disclaimer: my opinions, and nothing but.