I have what sounds like a berring going bad.

[Steven Vollom]

On Friday 20 February 2009 18:52:16 Derek Broughton wrote:
> Steven Vollom wrote:
> > Is there a way to make sure it is not a hard drive problem without
> > opening the
> > box?  For instance it could be a fan motor.
>
> I'd pretty much guarantee its a fan - I can't imagine you being able to
> read from a disk where the bearings are squealing (do they even have
> bearing?  I would think it's an air suspension - even top quality bearings
> would have too much drag).
>
> In any case, smartctl should be able to give you hints.

The larger drive PASSED.  Nonetheless there were 30 entried where it indicated 
the HDD as being old and or close to expiring.

The smaller drive was worse.  About 3 pages of warning about age and life 
expectancy.  In the time I closed the program, I forgot the exact wording, but 
if you have been there much, I am sure you can fill in the blanks easy enough.

Even though they PASSED, they are at the end of their life, both of them.

Steven                      It is nice to not hear the hum for a while.