Sent all the disks back (I ate shipping), and ordered new Ultrastars -- more expensive, but worth it (especially now w/5-year replacement warranty). Tested them -- zero were kicked out as non-conforming and all of them ran at the same speed (I assume 7200, but no way to directly measure, really).
Well, you actually may: - Just get a not so nice microphone - Spin up your HDD, just spin it up, no IO activity. - Then put your microphone really close to the HDD and record the sound it makes. If you see a somehow constant frequency of 90Hz then it's a 5400 HDD If you see a somehow constant frequency of 120Hz then it's a 7200 HDD Basically, just multiply your recorded frequency by 60, and you get your RPM. Hope it helps you, Cheers, -- Rui Santos Veni, Vidi, Linux -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org