On Wed, 05 Jun 1996 10:19:57 -0500 
 "Phil Knaack" <flipk@ncremp.ag.iastate.edu> wrote:

> greywolf writes:
> 
> >> Does Fujitsu make any sufficiently quick drives that don't sound like
> >> an epileptic rattlesnake?

Yes. But I've found that after a while all disks start to make
noise. Just DON"T GET A MICROP! :-)

> 
> Markus Illenseer writes:
> 
> > Does anybody? 
> 
> 	I have some (read: several) Caviar drives which sound like they
> have had bad bearings for 2+ years. You can keep them reasonably quiet by
> burying them between a frame and a floppy drive, however.
> 
> 	I also have a Fujitsu IDE drive which is actually the fastest drive
> I own, but sounds like a jet engine on a fighter jet about to destroy a
> small village.
> 
> 	My problem with the majority of Fujitsu drives is that they run
> So Damn HOT .. if I don't have an extra cooling fan blowing directly on
> this particular drive, it gets too hot to touch in half an hour.
> 
I've found IBM disks quiet and Fireballs.

Neil
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