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6th August 2002, 14:10 | #1 |
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| seagate barracuda IV noise i have a seagate barracuda IV 40gb drive. The drive is making a high-pitch noise, which is very annoying. is this normal? What can be done about it? or is this a defective drive? |
6th August 2002, 14:18 | #2 |
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| Yes, it's normal but it can be turned of. It's a small build-in proggy that searches for errors on the disc when in idle mode. You can turn it of with a little proggy that can be found on the seagate website. Should be in the "utilities" section. |
6th August 2002, 16:02 | #3 |
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| is this the utility you are referring to? cgreen ftp://ftp.seagate.com/techsuppt/seag...s/cgreen21.zip |
6th August 2002, 16:06 | #4 |
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| indeed
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6th August 2002, 16:09 | #5 |
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| ok, thanx. |
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