From: Björn Stenberg <bjorn_at_haxx.se>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 15:00:37 +0100

Chris Holt wrote:
> This all begs the question for me of why a HDD would EVER make a
> screaming noise. A low whine, sure, but screaming or screeching???

I've read somewhere that many laptop drives contain a capacitor used for powering emergency head parking and platter breaking in the case of sudden power loss. This operation could perhaps be the source of unusual noise.

-- 
Björn

Received on 2003-03-15