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    Sony Vaio Clicking Sound

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by ariespaan, Feb 22, 2012.

  1. ariespaan

    ariespaan Newbie

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    I recentenly bought a Sony Vaio VPCF1 Laptop and I hear lately from time to time an irritating clicking sound (Probably the Hd Heads are Parking ????)
    Sometimes it comes after 2 min and another time at a differend time
    All Tools (Windows-7, HD Tune Pro, Windows 7 Logbooks) dont report any
    problem what so ever, so it seems to be OK?

    I wonder if there is a method to avoid this clicking problem
    Thans for any advice
     
    ariespaan, Feb 22, 2012
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  2. TRIPLE777

    TRIPLE777 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, could be just a noisy drive, or a very fragmented drive, how full is the drive? Might be a good time to back all your important files up just in case the drive is on it's last legs.
     
    TRIPLE777, Feb 22, 2012
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  3. ariespaan

    ariespaan Newbie

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    To Triple77
    The drive is 640 GB and only 80 GB in use (soo not very fragmented )
    After one hour of usage the clicking sound disapeared, it comes back
    after a new start of the laptop
    (I already made a complete backup in case of any problems ,may come
    Thanks
     
    ariespaan, Feb 22, 2012
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  4. urgiv

    urgiv Notebook Consultant

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    HDD will go worse and worse,
    backup everything and if you have still warranty lets contact Sony
     
    urgiv, Feb 23, 2012
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