HD question for my V2000

Hi, Just got my V2000 with centrino from office depot $599 +brightview+tax. I love it, especially the wireless. I have Dell 2200 and HP ZV6000 before which they use broadcomm chip, I am not trying to sell intel here, but base on experience, the intel wireless is much sensitive. Anyway, that's not the problem. The HD comes with the laptop is Hitachi travelstar 4200 rpm. The HD works fine, but I keep hear this "Click, Click Click" noise fromt the HD. It is no very loud, but it does get annoying after a while, especially when I just browing the net at night, this little "click, click" noise just become louder and louder(in my mind). Anyone have the same experience? If there is no fix for the click sound, I plan to buy a new HD and a 2.5 HD enclouser to make this Hitachi as external drive. I saw the Fujitsu MHT-AH MHT2040AH 40GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache at newegg.com and it has pretty good review. Anyone have any experience with this drive?

Thanks.

Thanks.

 

No click, click here with the same HD.

 

Hitachis are known to be clicky. If you call up HP I am sure they'd send you a new one. Seagates are quiet drives.

 

Or, go to hitachi's support site and search for a utillity that allows you to change some HDD parameters that will decrease the seeking noise (or the clickiness as you described it)

I think it is called ftools (not sure) ... It's the one that you have to load on a CD and boot from and then work in a DOS like environment. I have used it before with good results!

 

I not a advance user. Even I downloaded the program, I have no idea what parameters I should use. If HP/Compaq refuse do anything(because the drive works and everything else), I think I have to go with my plan B - Buy another drive.

 

this is where you get it: http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

scroll down to "Feature Tool (v2.00)", download the CD Image, and burn it to a CD using which ever software you usually use for that (ex. Nero)

Check out the PDF available there and go to page 11. This is the paramater you want changed.

Hope this helps a bit. It is a cheaper alternative if HP refuse to do an exchange

 

I too have a v2000 with Toshiba 60/4200 HDD and it does click about softly especialy after booting.

It does not bother me at all .

 

Thanks. I downloaded the image file and change the parameter, but the clickyness still there. Well, I just order a 5400 hd since I am consider a faster hd anyway.