So I took it out to look at it.
Is this bad? [SIZE="1"](stumbledupon, actually)[/SIZE]
You must've fixed it, 'cause I don't hear it now.
No problem.
All that insulation packed around the bearings is also soundproofing.
Why is it making a funny noise ... and you are not laughing?
As a computer tech, I had once to help some one who had a disk head landing...
You wouldn't believe the noise level.
Yet it is the only occurence I met in more than 20 years.