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    Well i over reacted about Hard drive

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Truballa2k3, May 20, 2004.

  1. Truballa2k3

    Truballa2k3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    reading those posts on the dell forums made me over react. I got them to send me another hard drive and when i got it and did the same clicking noise. I noticed both hard drives did it after HD indicator stopped blinking it would click once, if started blinking again and it stops again a couple of seconds later it will click once again. It did the same thing with both hard drives. Im guessing this is the hard drive going head going into park? Is that a power mode thing or is that just a programmed thing into the hard drive that its suppose to do whenever the hard drive is not in use.
     
    Truballa2k3, May 20, 2004
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  2. santisurf

    santisurf Newbie

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    when the hard drive is not in use its idle which means is still spinning, but not @ the top speed, when the hard driver spins fast it does not make a sound but when it slows down it does. thats the sound ur hearing

    If u can't fix it, throw it out the window.
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  3. Venombite

    Venombite Notebook Virtuoso

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    Sometimes when the drive is sitting there spinning, but not reading/writing, it will may click once or a few times. This may sometimes happen because of thermal recalibration. Pulled this from a website:

    What is Thermal Recalibration?

    Some parts of the hard disk are vulnerable to heat - enough to affect size or shape temporarily. Because of this, a common hard disk has built in Thermal Recalibration - where the drive checks itself to confirm and readjust measurements between sectors and tracks.

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, May 21, 2004
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