That < SCSI Drive Noise > you're describing is both distinctive and normal.
They can also sound like a turbine.
The old full height circa 932-95 Seagate Elite models can really whine. I
bought one on EBAY that sounded like I was on a United flight.
Rode
The NOSPIN Group
>My question is about drive noise. It seems to me that alot of SCSI drives
>lately that I have run across are noisy. They don't have the whisper quiet
>that IDE drives have. I'm not necessarily refering to motor noise or whine,
>but rather a tapping sound that emits from them occasionally. Not like the
>bad noise of a head slapping, but just a gentle tap-tap every once in while.
>More so in a few Seagates I've seen. Seems annoying but maybe normal?
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