Re: noise as a snore in memory when computer is in idle

From: Galen (galennews_at_gmail.com)
Date: 06/22/05

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 12:29:35 -0400

    In news:42b98940$0$34273$892e7fe2@authen.white.readfreenews.net,
    What's in a Name? <spamthis@nomail.afraid.org> had this to say:

     My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

    > Steve Miller wrote:
    >> Good Day Sir!

    <snip>

    > So what does the Rolling Stones have to do with a snoring sound coming
    > out of the case? I asked Mick but he was snoring......
    > -max

    Okay, I had to leave the funny parts!

    I *think* I have it...

    The snore = the platters grinding
    Memory = Hard Drive not RAM
    Problem = drive out of balance and failing rapidly
    Solution = stop using drive, replace drive with a new drive, and clone with
    this piece of software:

    clone maxx :
    http://www.pcinspector.de/clone-maxx/uk/welcome.htm

    Err... I *think* that's what is going on at least??? I'm still not sure but
    then again I've never heard of it called snoring but it does make sense. I
    did have a DVD burner from AOPen that "snored" when you closed the tray.
    Oddest thing really... (I'm not kidding at all, it really really did make a
    snore sound when you closed it without a disk in it. I don't think that's
    what they're talking about unless, of course, they are in which case there's
    no cure... Send it back before the warranty runs out.)

    Hmm... I hope that's the problem anyhow because this one's so odd that I'd
    flagged it and mailed a copy to my father to see if he would spit coffee out
    of his nose when he read it or not. He emailed me back thinking that it was
    really quite funny but didn't have a clue either. Now that I've thought
    about it the logical reason for snoring would be the platters being out of
    balance and the likelihood of that being recoverable is slim so replacement
    would be required. I think the confusion, in part, was the use of the term
    memory which is most often used for RAM-type memory (or flash memory
    perhaps) these days. While the term is correct it's just not the norm any
    longer.

    Then again I'm ONLY guessing ;) Sounds logical to me? You?

    Galen 

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very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
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