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    Loud Hard drive

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by myzzdeedee, Dec 20, 2007.

  1. myzzdeedee

    myzzdeedee Notebook Consultant

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    I have a thinkpad x61 and lately the right side of the laptop is making clicking noises.. i don't know if it's the hard drive or not... i've sent the laptop twice to the tech support and still the same....have you guys experience something like this?
     
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    theend451 Notebook Guru

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    download the Hitachi HDD acoustics management and load it from an external source. You can set the levels/speed manually.
     
    theend451, Dec 20, 2007
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    myzzdeedee Notebook Consultant

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    do you know how to set the levels and speed? what is the common levels and speed that i should set up?. i am not a computer genius so i don't want to mess things up
     
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    myzzdeedee Notebook Consultant

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    should i change the hard drive? i have the 100gb hard drive 7200rpm.. should i get a 5400rpm one?
     
    myzzdeedee, Dec 21, 2007
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    miro_gt Notebook Deity

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    hell no. Performance FTW

    and which one do you have, the Hitachi one or the Seagate one ?
     
    miro_gt, Dec 21, 2007
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    myzzdeedee Notebook Consultant

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    i dont know :eek: it comes with the lenovo laptop.. i've complaint to the tech support about the noise the laptop makes and they were very nice about it.. i sent it to them twice.. the problem still there so i give up... do you think it's the hard drive?.. 'cause the noise comes from the upper right side where the home/end/up/down buttons are
     
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  7. ari_m

    ari_m Notebook Consultant

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    That's probably your DVD drive, the HD is on the lower RHS, under the wrist rest.

    Pull the DVD drive out and see if the noise goes away. If it does, then send back just the DVD unit instead of your whole machine! (It's easy, just move the small slider next to the DVD drive till the pull tab pops out, then pull the tab...)
     
    ari_m, Dec 21, 2007
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    myzzdeedee Notebook Consultant

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    the x61 doesnt have an optical drive so it cannot be the DVD drive
     
    myzzdeedee, Dec 21, 2007
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  9. simplest2007

    simplest2007 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Google "click noise resolved", click the link from
    notebookreview, you will find an easy solution
     
    simplest2007, Dec 21, 2007
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  10. ari_m

    ari_m Notebook Consultant

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    Doh! :D LOL
     
    ari_m, Dec 21, 2007
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    myzzdeedee Notebook Consultant

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    1. Download the NHC 2.0 Pre-Release 06 (Dell version)

    does that work for all laptop?
     
    myzzdeedee, Dec 21, 2007
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    myzzdeedee Notebook Consultant

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    can you write it step by step for me? sorry >< i'm really slow with these kind of things
     
    myzzdeedee, Dec 21, 2007
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