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- From: spo@lte.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de (Thomas Sporer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.st.tech
- Subject: Re: Hard Drive (wierd) Problem - Help!
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 15:29:37 GMT
- Organization: University of Erlangen
- Message-ID: <1ik6l1EINNckk@uni-erlangen.de>
- References: <1992Dec31.114129.236@janus.arc.ab.ca> <1993Jan03.160353.269@donau.et.tudelft.nl> <72815@cup.portal.com>
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- In article <72815@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
- >Michael Forget wrote about his Megafile making noises..
- >
- >The second source of noise is a "ground strap" which serves to bleed
- >off static electricity which would otherwise build up on the spinning
- >platters. The place where this strap contacts the end of the axle
- >tends to wear, allowing the strap to vibrate and make noises.
- >
- >This is not destructive, only annoying.
-
- Not always: There are drives where this contact also is used for the motor.
- Together with the noise the resistance increases and finaly the motor is
- to "weak" th reach the correct speed.
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