From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 1 15:17:01 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B11FA16A41F for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 15:17:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marco.goncalves@waynext.com) Received: from ns2.waynext.com (mail.waynext.com [81.92.195.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8873743D53 for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 15:16:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marco.goncalves@waynext.com) Received: (qmail 29857 invoked by uid 1009); 1 Aug 2005 15:20:39 -0000 Received: from 213.22.87.242 by ns2.waynext.com (envelope-from , uid 1008) with qmail-scanner-1.25-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.85.1/998. spamassassin: 3.0.2. perlscan: 1.25-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(213.22.87.242):SA:0(-2.5/5.0):. Processed in 3.624852 secs); 01 Aug 2005 15:20:39 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 X-Antivirus-Clamav-Mail-From: marco.goncalves@waynext.com via ns2.waynext.com X-Antivirus-Clamav: 1.25-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(213.22.87.242):SA:0(-2.5/5.0):. Processed in 3.624852 secs Process 29846) Received: from a213-22-87-242.cpe.netcabo.pt (HELO marco) (marco.goncalves@waynext.com@213.22.87.242) by ns2.waynext.com with SMTP; 1 Aug 2005 15:20:35 -0000 Message-ID: <016501c596ae$0efc9f80$3000a8c0@marco> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Marco_Gon=E7alves?= To: "Michael Roberts" , References: Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 16:31:16 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1506 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 Cc: Subject: Re: hard drive noises -- western digital wd800ve X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 15:17:01 -0000 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" To: 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" >