两块SCSI接口的IBM硬盘

一块是:

IC35L009UCD210-0

80pin,9G,4Mcache

一块是:

IC35 L036UWD210-0

68pin,36G,4Mcache

两块硬盘都是2002年生产 的,Ultra160,电路板一模一样,同样有固定的每分钟的"猫叫"声.

电路板上的跳线一样:

右侧

A RESERVED
B DISABLE UNIT ATTN
C TI SYINC NEGO
D DISABLE PARITY
E DELAY START 6/12
F AUTO START DELAY
G ENABLE AUTO SPIN

左侧

1 ID BIT 3
2 ID BIT 2
3 ID BIT 1
4 ID BIT 0
5 FORCE SE
6 TERM POWER
7 LED OUT

关于IBM硬盘的"猫叫"声,据其工作人员答复如下:

2004.8

Dear Mr. NightRhyme !
  
Regarding your enquiry relating to the brief sound that emanates from our
drives.
  
We suspect that the occasional 'sound' you are hearing is the Idle Time
Function that has been introduced on our latest drive designs as a
reliability enhancement. You need not be alarmed by this,
  
This "sound" is due to a brief but deliberate head arm movement every so
often. This has been added to maximise the reliability of our disk drive
products. This function is only invoked if an extended period of inactivity
is detected, so has no impact on active performance. [It is bad to leave
the heads hovering over the same data track unnecessarily].
  
Even after a period of time of activity the Idle Time Function can be
implemented as the Idle Time Function is a cumulative function.
  
The level of sound emitted may vary from one drive to another and as such
this should not give rise to concern or be considered an impending failure.
  
Please be assured that this drive design is one of the quietest drives, at
this data density, in the industry.
  
We trust this information will be of use and help you to resolve your
problem(s).
  
best regards
  
Ludwig Kainz
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

译意:

  
关于我们的驱动器发出的你所听见的简短声音的调查。
我们怀疑你正听到的偶然的“声音”是已经被我们最新的驱动器设计作为“可靠性提高”实施的闲置时间功能。你不必惊慌这个，   
这“声音”得益于一简短但是时常的磁头动作。已经被增加使我们的磁盘驱动器产品的可靠性最大化。如果不活动性的延长期被发现，这个功能将会应用，因此不影响活跃的性能。 [磁头在相同的数据踪迹上方不必要的徘徊是不好的]。
闲置时间功能是一个累积功能，即使在活动的一段时期之后闲置时间功能可以被实现。
发出的声音的水平可能从一个驱动器变化到另一个，照此这不应该引起关心或者被认为是逼近的失败。
请坚信这种驱动器设计是这种数据密度，这个行业内最安静的驱动器之一。
我们相信这信息将有用并且帮助你解决你的问题。