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submitted 3 months ago by Randelung@lemmy.world to c/sysadmin@lemmy.world

It's been sounding like a dead fan bearing in the rack for a while, there's really old machines in there. Turns out no! The drive did the screeching. I was stunned for a second when the noise stopped upon its removal.

Platter smoke. Don't breathe this!

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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago
[-] Randelung@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I've taken apart most of my failed drives over the years. For laser pointer projects that never come to fruition.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Gotta feed the fridge ๐Ÿ‘

this post was submitted on 02 May 2025
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