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6th August 2002, 14:10
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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? |
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6th August 2002, 14:18
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| [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002
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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. |
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6th August 2002, 16:02
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| is this the utility you are referring to? cgreen ftp://ftp.seagate.com/techsuppt/seag...s/cgreen21.zip |
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6th August 2002, 16:06
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| indeed 
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6th August 2002, 16:09
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| ok, thanx. |
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