 Whining Hard Drive - Strange But True. |
 Fri 12 Aug 2005, 12:04
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Not sure if anyone else has come accross this.
Mac spec Powermac G5 dual 2.7ghz 2 gb ram 250gb serial ata ati radeon 9650 RME Fireface 800 Logic Pro 7.1 Reason 3 Whenever I start Logic my hard drive starts a failry high pitch whining noise. If I then add Reason via Rewire - it gets worse? Has anyone else come accross this? |
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Fri 12 Aug 2005, 13:33
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Typically when a drive makes a high pitched 'whine', it is eventually going to fail.
What you are probably hearing is the spindle of the drive generating friction. When the drive gets heated, the metal expands, and a spindle that is getting worn generates that high piched whine. Perhaps when you are running Logic, the drive is spinning up to full speed and you hear that noise. I have seen drives go on like this for as long as year or two, but eventually they go south. If the computer is still under warrwanty I would give Apple a call (although they will typically not do a repair unless the drive is failed.) (And of course, please back up all of your data files.) Good Luck, TD -------------------- |
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Podfather Whining Hard Drive - Strange But True. Fri 12 Aug 2005, 12:04
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Podfather editbrain, I certainly take your point about Apple... Mon 29 Aug 2005, 22:34 |
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