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Joris van den Heuvel wrote:
> I've noticed just now that if you turn off the AJBR while the HD is
> spinning, it makes that screaming sound that Hitachi warned about. It could
> damage the drive if done repeatedly. It there anything to prevent this?

Yes. Don't turn off the unit while the HD is spinning... :-)

Seriously, there is not much we can do. The power-off is totally handled in hardware.

-- 
Björn

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