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Re: [cobalt-developers] RAQ3
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] RAQ3
 
- From: "cbtrussell" <cbtrussell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
 
- Date: Tue Oct 22 16:17:00 2002
 
- List-id: Discussion Forum for developers on Sun Cobalt Networks products <cobalt-developers.list.cobalt.com>
 
> The hard drive in my raq3 is making a noise periodically.  my guess is
that
> it's about to fail.  I bought the system off of ebay and I have had no
> problems, so this is the first time I've needed to do anything to the
> system.  I do have a "Cobalt RAQ OS RESTORE" Cd.  What are the steps to
> replace the drive.
Before you go too far down that road, are you sure it isn't a fan? Bad
bearings in those fans sound JUST like a failing HD. Open the top, and wait
for the noise to happen again. Unplug the fans when it does, I'd put the
odds at AT LEAST 50/50 that that's the problem.
Just my $0.02,
Brandon