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    L655-175 hard drive sound

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by cyberkamikaz, Nov 18, 2010.

  1. cyberkamikaz

    cyberkamikaz Newbie

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    Hi

    I bougth last week a toshiba l655-175 the problem is that i'm hearing a high constant pitch i think from the harddrive I have posted in the toshiba forum support and they told to contact the service, I have contacted the service they told me that diagonse may take 24 hour and i need the laptop now i can't give it to them .
    Some one know what is the solution of the problem ?
    Some one can give me the normal sound of a hard drive ?
    What about hdparm is it the solution of my problem ?
    I can;t record the sound
    Best regards
     
    cyberkamikaz, Nov 18, 2010
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    cyberkamikaz Newbie

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    I tried this command hdparm.exe -B 254 hda but nothing changed
     
    cyberkamikaz, Nov 18, 2010
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    Jerrycobra Notebook Enthusiast

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    i got the same problem, only i got a L655-s5117, also making that high pitched noise, very low, starting a week ago, i ran the software provided diagnostics, and it said HD fail
     
    Jerrycobra, Dec 1, 2010
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