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    Hard driver, writing sound

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Cmagamez, Jul 31, 2010.

  1. Cmagamez

    Cmagamez Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi again dudes
    I've noticed a small sound on my hard drive, i have the Seagate ST9500420AS; i didnt notice it before, today i was able cause my house is really quiet and i am not playing or listening music; if i am not typing or not using the laptop i can hear the small rattle, i think it happens when i am writing information on the HD, like downloading or opening software, i want to know if this behaviour is normal or if the hard disk rattle sound shouldn't exist at all . . cause, i got this on my desktop pc since many time but i don't know too much about laptops normal sounds . . . thanks in advance
     
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    lordqarlyn Global Biz Consultant

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    A small amount of HD noise is normal, but it should be barely noticeable, even in a quiet room.

    I'd have to actually hear the noise to know if its abnormal.
     
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    mastablasta Notebook Enthusiast

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    I would back up your information now just to be safe.
     
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  4. Cmagamez

    Cmagamez Notebook Evangelist

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    I just ran a HD Monitor software, and i found that my disk healt is 58%, what ? This is supposed to be a brand new laptop, it shouldn't be 98 or 99% of healt ? . . . i took a pic of this

    Thanks for your help (i can hear the sound yet, is starting to driving me crazy)

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    Strange disk, i ran the same software to my desktop which is too much older than my M17x and my hard disk health is 98% !!! What kind of used disk i got ?
     
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    Cmagamez Notebook Evangelist

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    Ok guys, i got news for my non too much answered problem thread :p ;)
    I call Dell tech support, the guy told me than in some seagate's hard disk there is a bug which make this sound, also, seagate was informed about this and they did released a "pacth" ( i cant understand how a patch can fix a problem which is obviously hardware issue); the gentleman, very nice person, tried to find the patch but he didnt, he said than maybe because they pút this down cause the people still complaining with no a solution, i also show him the image above and he said than is not a normal behaviour and he did a report and i will get a replacement, they will send me a western digital hard drive instead this noisy seagate . . . . if someone got this HD on his brand new AW i would suggest scan the disk and go to the bathroom and check if can hear a not normal sound . . .

    Lets see when they will arrive with my new video card, my new fans and my new hard disk, if this continue i will ask replacement for the gift cap also . . . . . and then, and then a new system . . .
     
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