audio distortions after recording

[James Green]

> ... that reminds me on a thermal problem a dear friend of mine had  
> once with her 1.5GHz PoBo HDD:
> 
> The longer the notebook was powered on the slower it got.
> Also depending on the stresslevel it was exposed to.
> It turned out that the hard drive was slowly dying - you could hear  
> the head seeking heavily trying.
> But I doubt that one would hear that in a recording situation.

Tell tale clicks from hdd can suggest thermal recalibrations are being
performed as well (heads too close to the platter ...)

Jammer