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Del March - 22 Oct 2004 06:23 GMT

A while back, I upgraded the internal drive of my G3 iMac with a larger Maxtor
drive. Shortly after that, it became noticeably louder, sort of like a small
bandsaw. It's not making any grinding or scraping sounds, and it's been
functioning great, but it's definitely louder than I would expect it to be. It
can be heard in the next room. It's been trouble-free for months.

With the sudden climate change here, it's become louder still. It doesn't give
me any feeling as though it were preparing to die, but I've seldom had to deal
with such an issue. Should I be concerned by the sound of this thing?

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NeoAmsterdam - 22 Oct 2004 11:19 GMT

delmarch@aol.comBITEME (Del March) on Fri, 22 Oct 2004 06:23:17 +0000 in
<20041022012317.15331.00001831@mb-m22.aol.com>:

> A while back, I upgraded the internal drive of my G3 iMac with a larger Maxtor
> drive. Shortly after that, it became noticeably louder, sort of like a small
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> me any feeling as though it were preparing to die, but I've seldom had to deal
> with such an issue. Should I be concerned by the sound of this thing?

Is your new drive's RPM higher than the original drive's?

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Del March - 23 Oct 2004 02:42 GMT

<< Is your new drive's RPM higher than the original drive's? >><BR><BR>
I couldn't really say. The new drive is a MAXTOR 6L060J3, which I think is
7200 RPM. The machine is iMac (version = 83.2). I don't know what speed its
original drive was.

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Howard Shubs - 23 Oct 2004 10:41 GMT

> Should I be concerned by the sound of this thing?

Yes. Make a complete backup, then contact Maxtor for a warranty
replacement.

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