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    What is that sound?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by makshim, Aug 28, 2007.

  1. makshim

    makshim Notebook Enthusiast

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    Right below my fingerprint reader sometimes I hear a sound like a ball bouncing. I think it must be the HD? What is going on?
     
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    Seagate 100GB 7200 rpm HD, isn't it?
    Normal for this drive.
     
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    Yes. It is. And it is extremely annoying.
     
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    My drive was doing the same thing, that kind of a dropping marble sound, in my previous machine.
    Didn't bother me much though.
    The Seagate is extremely quiet otherwise. I've noticed one weird thing about it. There was a slight rotational vibration present when you rest your hand on the right palmrest.
    My new machine has arrived with a drive of the same exact specs, only made by Hitachi.
    It's more on a loud side in comparison to Seagate, but gets very high scores in benchmarks. No marble dropping sound and no rotational vibration either.
     
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