strangely
mine does that sometimes
orrible whiry rattly sound
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Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way,
Sun 9 Nov 2003, 21:52,
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I once had one that made a strange "whoop" sound
If it did that, the PC wouldn't start until you hit the hard drive, and then it would spin up properly, and you could get on with whatever you wanted to do.
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HP hasn't been here in aaaaaages,
Sun 9 Nov 2003, 21:55,
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