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    Hard drive clicking?? -- Sager np5796

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by heukyung, Aug 27, 2008.

  1. heukyung

    heukyung Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all, i just wanted to ask...

    my recently-bought sager just started clicking... there is a random clicking noise that happens once almost every second... has anyone else experienced this with their sager??

    i ran disk check but it didnt recognize any bad sectors, i was wondering if anyone has had any similar experiences with their hard drives/notebooks, it worries me as i just bought this thing and it really is upsetting for something like this to happen so early.

    Thank you for your time and help.
     
    heukyung, Aug 27, 2008
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  2. Tarentum

    Tarentum Notebook Deity

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    Check the HDD's SMART status (health of the hard drive) with a program that detects SMART status (HDDlife, Drivehealth, Active SMART, and sometimes your hard drive manufacturer has specific ones that are more accurate/better for said drive (like Seagate)). That's the #1 way to tell if your hard drive is about to fail, or is not running at 100% health. Hard drives can click for various reasons and if you're not sure what a failing drive sounds like you can mistake normal sounds for it (i.e. Seagate drives idling make a clicking noise, which sounds different from them failing).

    It's rare, but it can fail right off the bat. Monitor HDD (+ cpu + gpu) temps as well.
     
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    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    clicking = bad

    Back up your data and call your reseller
     
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    heukyung Notebook Enthusiast

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    ive already checked the smart status with the WD diagnostic tool and it passes the smart status and extended test.... this is pretty weird as it didnt click like this a couple of days ago....
     
    heukyung, Aug 27, 2008
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