Laptop Clicking

Hi All,

I recently purchased a brand-new laptop (Packard Bell EasyNote TM to be precise) but I am experiencing an annoying clicking noise every 30 seconds or so. I have browsed the Internet with some websites saying that this is an indication of a potential hard-drive failure in future; other websites have stated that it is perfectly normal, apparently so for brand-new laptops.

The laptop runs perfectly but it can be somewhat annoying reading a webpage to then hear a constant clicking noise. If it is a premonition of a hard-drive failure, it's not exactly something I can justify to the retailer from where I purchased it since it hasn't actually failed yet.

Does anybody have some insight into this? Feedback is much appreciated, thank you.

 

What HDD do you have?

Have you updated the firmware to the latest/current level?

If you're within your return window, try another. (Even with the same exact model HDD, there are variations in quality).

Right click on Computer, select Manage, click on Device Manager and click on Disk - write down the HDD model you see there and post back.

 

Let me guess you have a Seagate hard drive

 

Download HD Tune (do a google search) and click the Health Tab on the program. It'll tell you all about your drive, if it's close to failing as far as I know that's a trusted program and you can tell your retailer. In Aust when I took a friends laptop to the retailer I showed him the logs and the guy took the hard drive out and replaced it with a brand new one. (1 month left of Warranty to hahaha!)

On top of that it'll tell you the dB level of your Hard Drive etc.

Run it off and give it a try, you might find that you got a cheap dud drive..

 

You are a genius!

OP: This is what Seagate drives suffer from mostly. Get your back-up as soon as possible!


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I've honestly never seen as many dead drives than those of Seagate... It's always been a 'reaction' of mine to automatically avoid Seagate drives. WD, Samsung, Fujitsu My favourite brands.

Check HD Tune anyway.

 

Second that. Add Hitachi to that list too!


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Sometimes updating to the latest Seagate firmware fixes excessive vibrating and clicking. Make sure you backup your data, it can brick your drive.

 

Yeah I forgot Hitachi.

I hope the OP has solved his problem. No idea why Seagate drives are so noisy though and why I have received so many DOA's from them.

 

It's not a Seagate, it's a Western Digital (even worse if you ask me; I've had 2 hard-drive failures in the past with this manufacturer).

The specific model is WD50000BEVT-22A0RT0. Thanks for the advice about HD Tune.

 

Status for everything in HD Tune is completely ok via looking at the "Health" tab. Like I said though: if the constant clicking is an indication of a HD failure, how could this be justifiable to the retailer when the computer is working fine? (I'm assuming I'd receive a response from them telling me that it is perfectly normal).

 

Well you're probably out of luck.. is it really that bad? Consider wearing headphones or something. Sorry that's a lame suggestion but unless it fails I doubt you can do anything about it...

Buy another drive perhaps? A faster, quieter one.

 

Yeah I just bought it so obviously the preferred situation is to have the device along with the original HD for a good few years or so. Exactly as you say: there isn't much I can do about it unless it fails. The main worry was if it is an indication of a HD failure, but if/until that happens, I'll just live with it.

Thanks a lot for the advice anyway guys.

 

Try using QuietHDD and disabling APM feature.