Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 21:01:52 -0400 From: "Michael Roberts" <tpen0010@hotmail.com> To: dcp1990@neptune.atopia.net, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hard drive noises -- western digital wd800ve Message-ID: <BAY105-F17536F085654971AF065CAC1C40@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <20050801170723.GA90601@neptune.atopia.net>
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hi, thanks for all your responses. i've heard similar things, and am getting a replacement drive sent out from WD. however, a few interesting things: 1) the frequency of the tic/toc noises (really they sound like "toc - tic" ..) decreases when i disable acpi. i should have done this before, of course.... I haven't tried switching to apm. but w/o acpi, performance is pretty good, and i don't get the delays with tab-completion. 2) i've run every hardware tester i could get my hands on, and none of them find any bad sectors/block/anything. the drive always checks out. this is all making me think that i've just got my system configured wrong. like maybe i need some special device in my kernel for this particular drive? or maybe i need to mess with acpi settings to get things streamlined? any suggestions along these lines? or should i just trash the thing... thx again. >From: Dan Ponte <dcp1990@neptune.atopia.net> >To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: hard drive noises -- western digital wd800ve >Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 13:07:23 -0400 > >On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 10:33:32AM -0400, Michael Roberts ><tpen0010@hotmail.com> was witnessed plotting the following conspiracy: > > 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! > >I'd like to chime in here as well. I have a drive that does the exact >same thing, although it is a few years old (a WD200 20GB). >Smartmontools, however, reports nothing out of the ordinary. And the >clicks don't happen as often. They usually only do happen, however, >under heavy disk IO (such as during the daily runs). I really should get >the drive out of there and purchase another, but I'm a tad strapped for >cash as it is. I've seen this happen with quite a few other WD drives, >as well, though haven't observed in detail to the extent that I do now. >-Dan >-- >Dan Ponte >http://www.theamigan.net/ >Have you ever noticed that the people who are always trying to tell >you, "There's a time for work and a time for play," never find the time >for play? >_______________________________________________ >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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