[Platin465]

Originally Posted by therobin

When wristing the drive, did you hear the platters spin? Becuase I can hear it spin when I do that, but it still makes that strange sound when I boot it.
Also to Scott: You said the sound was coming from the air filter. How exactly did you know that? I am willing to pull the box if I can confirm that will solve the problem.

I thought I heard it spin, when I did that, but (and I hate the way this sounds) I think I was just imagining it. I think it was the air moving by my ear, or the ambient noise being blocked by the drive when it was in front of my ear and unblocked when it was in a different possition. I especially think that was the case once I hit it in the right spot or whatnot and it started spinning up and the music went away. I used a hollow cylindrical plexiglass object, someone else used a remote control. You may want to try something similar.