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On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Ambrose Li wrote: > On Wed, 17 Apr 1996, John H. Kim <jokim@tuna.mit.edu> wrote: > >The 340 MB drive in my old TP750 finally gave up its ghost. > >It'd been making a grind/whirring sound for almost 4 months > >now, so it's no surprise to me. Sounded like the bearing > >wore out. > > Uh oh! The drive in my TP750C is occasionally making some grinding/ > whirring sounds too (usually when the machine seems to overheat); My 170 MB drive did this once too. My 340 did this on and off (usually off) for a few months. Then late last year it started doing this and didn't stop. It slowly got louder (I didn't notice it at the time, until I reinstalled the 170 and marvelled how quiet it was :), and after about 4 months, failed. By the time it failed, I'd estimate it around 60-70 dB (noisy car interior). The vibration was so bad I could feel it through the table the computer was on. And it was drawing so much power the computer once went into a low-battery warning, even on AC power. I'd say if yours starts making the noise continuously (or often enough to be considered "reproducible"), call IBM and ask for a new drive. Mine happened to be a couple months out of warranty when it started (OEM drive, 1 year warranty). In other news, thanks to everyone who responded about Linux on a 170. Now that I know it's possible without any hard drive parameters, I can concentrate on tracking down the problem elsewhere. -- John H. Kim "Just try telling the IRS you don't feel like jokim@mit.edu 'contributing' this year come April." -- Bob Dole jokim@tuna.mit.edu on Bill Clinton's avoidance of the word 'taxes'