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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

1162.0. "A500 Strange Noise..." by WAV14::HICKS () Fri Feb 12 1988 14:13

    Hi All:
    
    I have a new A500.  Things are going swell (though an external Drive
    will be added sooner than I previously expected...got any
    recommendations?), but there's this strange noise...
    
    Whenever the df0: drive is empty, I get a quiet click-type noise
    which occurs at regular intervals of about 4 or 5 seconds.  When
    there's a diskette in the drive all's silent.
    
    Is this *normal*?  I went mail-order for the unit, so sending it
    back to the dealer will be a pain, but I'd rather do it now if
    necessary.
    
    ...Tim (who'll-probably-be-posting-a-lot-of-dumb-questions-here)

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1162.1		LEDS::ACCIARDI		`Sat Feb 13 1988 16:17`	6
	Yes, it's perfectly normal. Just insert any disk and the drive will shut up. Ed.
1162.2	click click click	MDKCSW::DAVIS	That's not a BUG, it's a FEATURE!	`Sat Feb 13 1988 17:38`	11
	The drive is clicking because the system keeps track of what disk is in what drive. Notice how the disk icon pops up in workbench when you stick a disk in? Welcome to the world of the Amiga! I got my Amiga in December (Merry Christmas!) and can't stop playing on it!!!! Regarding the drive, do a DIR/TITLE=PRO and read some review on the ProDrive. I'm going to order one ASAP, sounds like a real winner. Later on... ...richard
1162.3	Klick...we don't need no stinkin' Klick	MVCAD3::BAEDER	D. Scott DTN 237-2961 SHR1-3/E19	`Sat Feb 13 1988 18:02`	8
	too bad that kickstart is in rom...for all of us 1000 owners, a nifty 'hack' on usenet gave us NoKlickstart...a patch to the kickstart disk to silence the drive...the difference is to change the direction of the "step" looking for the disk to be inserted....see mvcad3::user0:[amiga.usenet] scott.
1162.4	My mouth is watering.....	IVOGUS::BAGUE	Open the pod bay doors, HAL................	`Mon Feb 15 1988 12:11`	6
	I'm a novice 1000 owner and I was greatly interested in the note about NoKlickstart but I was unsure about how you were supposed to run the program after you decode it from the Fish disk. Are you just supposed to type "NoKlickstart" (or whatever the program name is) and it asks you to insert your Kickstart disk? What would be the steps for implementation (for a novice)?
1162.5	yes, I think all you do is run it.	MVCAD3::BAEDER	D. Scott DTN 237-2961 SHR1-3/E19	`Mon Feb 15 1988 18:06`	8
	I cant remember, but that seems to ring a bell...looking at the files in mvcad3::user0:[amiga.usenet]noklick* seem to also indicate that...give it a try...but be sure to use a backup disk! (Did I really need to say that..we all use backups, right...;-) scott