MDM Trouble Report for 2002 Oct 27

Telescope: 2.4m
Observer(s): John Thorstensen (Dartmouth)
Instrument: modspec+echelle

Problem(s) Encountered:
The guider PC disk has started to whine loudly. This is a 
severe human factors issue when one has to sit right next
to it and try to think straight for 13 hours at a stretch.

I would like to put in a plea that _every effort_ be made to 
move the guider PC out of the control room. Because the 
weather is bad, I just now switched the guider PC off for
noise abatement, and the difference is dramatic.  With the
DTI also turned off (the usual configuration for most
people) it is nearly silent in here.  Even if the disk
were not making noise, the power-supply fans in the guider
PC have been amazingly loud for a long time. Agung is outta
here; let's finish the job. People will be absolutely delighted
at how quiet it is, and fatigue levels and general 
irritability among observers will decline significantly.

It would be fantastic if it were possible to move that PC 
on Monday, but if it were that easy I imagine it would already
have been done.  Even if it has to be jury-rigged somehow
it would be greatly appreciated.  If it can't be moved it's 
going to be a very long five nights sitting next to that thing.

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Submitted on 2002 Oct 27 [2:50:34]