[Ham-Computers] Help With Diagnosis

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Thank you Kurt. Some good suggestions and bits to byte upon.

If I do replace the HD, the 'real' problem may be in getting someone to 
install the Win 95B OS I want on it! That OS has been the best one for me, 
as it works beautifully with all adaptive software and hardware items. It 
has both PCI and ISA slots so the longer speech boards from DEC fit.

I could buy a refurbished Win 98 machine, but they all have the Win XP OS, 
which I do NOT want!

The simple truth is, there are thousands of programs written in DOS, and 
other languages, that work perfectly for the blind on the Windows 95 and Win 
98 platforms, most of these have not been rewritten in newer languages so 
they are not available on the systems after Win 98 was dropped. So like it 
or not, I either keep several Windows 95B or Win 98 SE machines operating 
here, along with a XP machine for the Internet, or go without.

Duane

Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
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To: "Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications, or 
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Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Help With Diagnosis


>I have heard a few hard disks make a whining noise before they fail.  Some
> times it is due to bearings, some times it is due to microscopic wear on 
> the
> disk surface causing a resonance between the disk and heads and arms.  In 
> a
> few instances, it has been due to an electronic malfunction causing the 
> disk
> motor or arm motor to ring due to them being sent a funky wave form due to
> degrading components.  The old IBM model 55s were notorious for this after
> baking an storage for a few years.  The problem is, one can not know how
> long the drive will last.  By far the worst is on an 80286 I still use, it
> sounds like chirping brakes on a car.  I wonder if the hard drive has some
> grease fittings I can get to.  If possible, if the drive can be put into
> another computer, it can be tested for the same problem.  If the problem
> stops with a different mother board, it is most likely an electronic 
> driver
> problem.  If the sound continues and if one can use a straw or amplified
> stethoscope to narrow the sound to the disk alone, there is your culprit.
>
> Kurt
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