Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 17 Oct 1996 23:51:05 +1000 (EST) | From | David Monro <> | Subject | Re: [LINUX-KERNEL] HDD Noise stopped with cat /dev/zero |
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Dunno - but I have an old machine where I can here noises from the ancient hard drive (we are talking 8 year old 40Mb MFM here) when network traffic is going through the machine - go figure. (And no, it isn't the drive doing things - the disk select light (remember those?) isn't even on). If I have the sound card plugged in I get to listen to the traffic quite loudly too :-(
I've also had at least two machines which made strange noises when the case was open and in quiet surroundings with no sound card or anything - again network traffic was triggering the noises, though I have no idea why I could hear it. I can remember one particularly strange incident where I could here noises when I was running a CPU intensive job (raytracing) as opposed to the machine being idle. I can only guess I am hearing subharmonics of the bus traffic but I find that hard to believe.
Just one of those things I guess.
David
> Hi, > > Just a curiosity... Sometimes I'm really annoyed with the hdd noise, > that I think has some interaction with my ppp link !?!? One day I, don't > remember why, issued the magic words "cat /dev/zero" and... that noise > stopped!!! As soon as I cancelled the cat the noise returns!!! Any > comments??? > > []s, > > Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo http://www.conectiva.com.br/~acme > R&D Director mailto:acme@conectiva.com.br > Conectiva Internet Solutions http://www.conectiva.com.br > Curitiba - Parana - Brasil Phone/Fax +55-41-222-6533 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Do not become attached to the things you like, do not maintain aversion to > the things you dislike. Sorrow, fear and bondage come from one's likes and > dislikes. > -- BUDDHA
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