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On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Kata Koppel wrote: > My used and just out of warranty 750P has decided to start making a really > annoying whirring/electronic-y noise. It sounds a lot like a fan that is > noisy, but it's coming from the side of my HD and I'm afraid the HD may be > the culprit. It varies in intensity, sometimes very loud, others not so > loud, but it starts as soon as I turn my computer on. > > Help! Any ideas? The other assessments are correct. Your hard drive is trying to throw a bearing. My 750 did this. The drive was an OEM I'd installed in the caddy so warranty service was not an option. I shoved the machine in a drawer (to muffle the sound) and used it as a network server. It ran for about 6 months before the drive finally quit on me (with the whirring sound slowly increasing to a grinding sound). DON'T take that as a sign you should not hurry - these things vary. It could die tomorrow, it could die a year from now. Backup and look into buying a new drive. Since your caddy will still be usable, you can just buy a new 2.5" drive and use your old caddy. Shouldn't be more than a couple hundred dollars. -- John H. Kim kim@mak.com