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    What do we mean by "clicking" harddrive???!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by proninja, Jan 16, 2009.

  1. proninja

    proninja Notebook Guru

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    When idle, my harddrive makes a very faint clicking noise. By "clicking", I mean the same sound it makes when it is loading something... you know, that "tik tik tik" noise. However, when idle, it tends to make little "tik" noises every 2/3 seconds or so.

    Now, according to the internet, clicking means my HD is about to die... but having looked on youtube, by clicking people mean very loud clicking, like i was turning a light switch on and off...

    Now I don't know. Is "access" clicking every few seconds normal? Or should i get my hd replaced??

    To clarify, the clicking i am experiencing is no louder than the clicking you hear when ur HD is accessing information. If I used HDParm and play with the settings, the clicking sounds becomes almost impossible to hear and less frequent.
     
    proninja, Jan 16, 2009
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  2. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    No cross-posting, please. Against Forum Rules. :cool:

    Your other thread may be your better bet, since it's likely a situation many Dell users have experienced... :confused: :p
     
    pixelot, Jan 16, 2009
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