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    XPS 1640 Clicking Noise

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by luanme, Aug 26, 2009.

  1. luanme

    luanme Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I received my xps 16 last week and have been hearing these clicking noise from the hard drive. Everytime one of these happens, there a .5-1 second pause in whatever i was doing.

    Has anyone else had the same problem or know how to fix this?
     
    luanme, Aug 26, 2009
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  2. JL6speed

    JL6speed Notebook Geek

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    Do you have 320gb?

    My friend has the 320gb and his clicks. I have the 500gb but mine sounds fine to me.
     
    JL6speed, Aug 26, 2009
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  3. luanme

    luanme Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have the Seagate 500GB 7200RPM
     
    luanme, Aug 26, 2009
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    funky monk Notebook Deity

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    I have the 500gb 7200rpm and it clicks a little bit but that is just the read head skittering about, I think it's pretty quiet but I haven't had another laptop to compare it to, it's audiable but not distracting
     
    funky monk, Aug 26, 2009
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    It not normal. Download hdtune and do a scan of the hard disk. It's more than likely going to fail soon.
     
    Mandrake, Aug 26, 2009
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    luanme Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah, I just called Dell and they're going to send a technician over to replace the harddrive. Hopefully that will fix it. Thanks for the help guys.
     
    luanme, Aug 26, 2009
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