Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 16:31:16 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Marco_Gon=E7alves?= <marco.goncalves@waynext.com> To: "Michael Roberts" <tpen0010@hotmail.com>, <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: hard drive noises -- western digital wd800ve Message-ID: <016501c596ae$0efc9f80$3000a8c0@marco> References: <BAY105-F20D53110A581298F94DE72C1C00@phx.gbl>
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Hello 1 - backups are good 2 - try installing /ports/sysutils/smartmontools and enable SMART on BIOS to check out the disk Best regards, Marco Gonçalves ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Roberts" <tpen0010@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 3:33 PM Subject: hard drive noises -- western digital wd800ve > hi, > > i'm encountering something funny in a hard drive i just installed. issue > is: the hard drive makes clicking noises sometimes when the system is trying > to access the drive, and when that happens, there is a momentary (half or > quarter second) pause in whatever the computer was trying to do. e.g., if i > type in a partial path in a terminal, then try to tab-complete it, i hear a > little tic-toc, accompanied by a pause, before the completed path shows up > in the terminal. > > the tic-toc noise is a little melodic (kinda like vibes) if that matters... > which it probably doesn't... > > my info: > > drive: western digital wd800ve. i think this is an eide drive. > running 7.0-current on a dell inspiron 8600 laptop. previously running > 5.4-stable, and upgraded to see if it would fix the problem, which it > didn't. > > this tic/toc noise only occurs occasionally when i run windows on the other > partition of the drive. it causes the same delay there, but like i said it > only occurs once in a blue moon on the windows side, and is therefore > tolerable. on the freebsd side, it happens all the time. > > anyone know what i should do? any and all help would be appreciated. > > thanks! > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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