Re: CAM: extract HDD informations about failure/to fail?

Am Sun, 27 Nov 2022 21:12:49 +0000
"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> schrieb:

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> Warner Losh writes:
> 
> > It close to impossible to isolate the drive making the noise.   
> 
> Use a long thin piece of hard wood as a stethoscope.
> 
> I keep a 30cm length of 6mm beech dowel in my tool-chest,
> but in a pinch you can use a pencil or the shaft from an
> art-brush.
> 
> Press one end agaist the little piece of cartilage which
> can close into your ear, and hold the other end against the suspect
> disk-drive, and you hear if there are any mechanical issues.
> 
> It also works for fans, motors, bikes etc.
> 

Awesome!
I'll try this nice idea.

Thanks and kind regards,

Oliver

-- 
O. Hartmann