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    Toshiba MK2051GSY Hard Drive Clicking Noise

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by King527, Mar 28, 2009.

  1. King527

    King527 Notebook Guru

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    Hey everyone, anyway to get rid of the clicking noise on the Toshiba MK2051GSY, 7200 RPM hard drive? I did a search and i couldn't find anything.

    So far I have already attempted by going into Bios and set the acoustic to "quiet" and it made no difference and if i set it to "performance" does that drain my battery?
     
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    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Does it happen when you move your laptop? If so, it is the hard drive head parking itself to avoid damage to your hard disk.
     
    Luke1708, Mar 28, 2009
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    King527 Notebook Guru

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    no and it's making that noise as i'm typing.
     
    King527, Mar 29, 2009
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    callanish Notebook Consultant

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    I just returned a Seagate 7200rpm drive which was clicking every two to three seconds and it became really annoying since the hard drive is in the front of the M1330. I also tried changing the bios and that didn't make a difference either. Mine's was obviously a defective hard drive in some way and I think yours is too. The Hitachi travelstar 7200 rpm that I ended up replacing it with is whisper quiet, so I think you're stuck with the clicking until you replace the drive.
     
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    NorCalAl Notebook Enthusiast

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    I had the same issue on my Seagate 500gb and assumed it was a bad drive. I've had enough experience to justify that, but then the replacement made the exact same noise. Somewhere on this board I saw a fix last week to these problems, but the bottom line is it does seem as if it's hard drive head parking.
    I know one fix I saw suggested going into bios and selecting high-performance - I guess the standard is 'quiet'. I don't know the exact wording as I can't find the post and haven't yet restarted to do the change myself. But this is a very common problem.
     
    NorCalAl, Mar 30, 2009
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