Brian,

I've some experience with drives and can tell you that some makes are  
surprisingly noisy when seeking while drives that are not new can  
sometimes be noisy just spinning up because they are suffering from  
excessive wear.

Best,
Andre.

On Apr 6, 2007, at 6:20 PM, Brian Donaldson wrote:

> For the time being I have given up on the 6000 mini-tower problem.
>
> I purchased an ST136475LW disc drive off eBay....
>
> According to the iodfault.pub.sys file this drive is a 3.50" 36gb  
> SE drive....
>
> Just what I needed!
>
> It arrived today so I installed it (after a store and vstore, of  
> course)
>
> I powered up the 917 and was absolutely horrified at how NOISY(!)
> this "new" disc drive is compared to the old 9gb ST19171N it replaced.
>
> I immediately went into panic mode and shut down the box.......
>
> Can anyone tell me if this noise is normal or if this drive will  
> damage my
> 917LX ??
>
> TIA,
> Brian Donaldson.
>
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