From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 31 14:33:33 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 4A17E16A41F for ; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:33:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tpen0010@hotmail.com) Received: from hotmail.com (bay105-f20.bay105.hotmail.com [65.54.224.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18C1F43D45 for ; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:33:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tpen0010@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 07:33:32 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 65.54.224.200 by by105fd.bay105.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:33:32 GMT X-Originating-IP: [65.54.224.200] X-Originating-Email: [tpen0010@hotmail.com] X-Sender: tpen0010@hotmail.com From: "Michael Roberts" To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 10:33:32 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 31 Jul 2005 14:33:32.0906 (UTC) FILETIME=[D3D284A0:01C595DC] X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:17:00 +0000 Subject: 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: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:33:33 -0000 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!