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Subject: [M]: LX200: Dec drive noise (was Re: RA drive noise)
From: Andy Clews
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Fri Jul 04 01:08:40 1997

Gary Campbell wrote:

> >My RA drive started making a ta-ta-ta-ta noise last night. [....]
>
> When mine started doing this, pulled off the covers, re-spread the grease,
> and it stopped.

My DEC drive (8" LX200) is very noisy when slewing in the medium speed. The
drive makes a very loud resonating sort of sound. It almost sounds as if
it's about to seize up. It seems noisier in the medium speed than in the
fast slew speed. Is there anything that can be done about this?


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Andy Clews, Computing Service, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QJ, UK
A.Clews@sussex.ac.uk