"...blearrnnnnt-meeeeeelrp..." Best audio-to-text descriptive ever.
Sellam On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 3:47 PM Jacob Ritorto via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hi! Remember the blearrnnnnt-meeeeeelrp sounding seek oscillation noise > that the RD54 makes when you turn it on -- after it spins up, unlatches and > loads the heads? > > Well, I took a chance on an el-(c)heapo ePay special RD54 that does all > these things perfectly up until the seek oscillation thing and then only > makes one steady meeee- sound that seems to last indefinitely (or at least > until I get tired of listening to it after a few minutes). > > Would anyone here know enough about these disks to venture a guess at where > to begin troubleshooting this? > > > thx > jake > > P.S. If I'm being too vague, let me restate: I can hear it spin up, > bearings sound normal, hear it unlock its head lock latch, then a perfectly > *slight* noise of head actuation and the normal accompanying barely audible > riding-on-air head noise. Then I expect to hear the two seek tones, but > only get one steady seek tone that lasts (I assume) forever. >
