It could be the bearings for the HD. Or perhaps it's vibrating some other component. I seem to recall that LCD displays sometimes squeal too. Bob John Joseph Silveria II wrote: > > > I installed a 540meg hard drive, a Quantum Lightning to be exact, > > into my EmaxII.. It seems to be working perfectly, except for this > > NASTY **high pitch** whine that just rings in the ears like mad (note that > > this high pitch whine was not present before the hard drive was > > installed).. The volume slider on the EmaxII doesn't affect how loud the > > squeel is either - even when the volume on the emaxII is all the way down, > > the whine is just as prevelant as before, and it seriously hurts the > > ears... Any suggestions on getting rid of this whine short of removing the > > hard drive? > > Although the squeal may have begun when you put in the hard drive > there is a chance that this is the classic high pitch squeal caused by > the LED. See my website for details. If it is your hard drive you might > try to reseat your hard drive using some rubber washers as insulators. > > The sound itself is not coming out of the outputs it's coming out of the > unit. Mine does it on ocassion at boot up and that's without a hard > drive installed but after a few minutes it stops. > > ********************************************************** > AIM/AOL: Emax JS **John Silveria II** ICQ: 60199476 > > Emax and Emax II User's Group - http://www.silveriafamily.com > Emax and Emax II Mailing List - emax@onelist.com > ********************************************************** > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CLICK HERE AND START SAVING ON LONG DISTANCE BILLS TODAY! > http://click.egroups.com/1/4125/5/_/563659/_/959535144/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Emax and Emax II User's Group > > http://www.silveriafamily.com
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Re: [emax] Hard Drive whine
2000-05-28 by BOB CONNER
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