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Hard disk seeking -- does yours make noise?
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I have pretty stellar hearing.... I've always heard mine (SR MBP). Especially when it's sitting on my desk at home.
Really? I thought I was losing my mind this morning, I could just faintly hear it seeking away when I loaded up an application... but I can only hear it when the room is dead silent. Hopefully, it won't get any louder.
Needless to say, I take it this is normal?
Every hard drive makes noise. Nothing to worry about unless it's grinding or making unusual noises outside those of normal operation.
If you have just become aware of it, I would take that as a sign from the Computer Gods to do a full complete backup and start looking for a replacement drive.
There is a fine line between the normal read/write sounds and a total platter crash!
There is a fine line between the normal read/write sounds and a total platter crash!
Well, it's the first time I've ever used the computer in a totally dead-silent room so that's probably why I didn't notice it. I have to stick my ear to the case just to hear it.If you have just become aware of it, I would take that as a sign from the Computer Gods to do a full complete backup and start looking for a replacement drive.
There is a fine line between the normal read/write sounds and a total platter crash!
Probably normal sounds then. When a drive goes into arrest it makes clicky bangy noises that just sound wrong. You do have a backup plan, right?
Oh yeah, everything is backed up on two different hard drives. No clicky bangy noises here, just a faint chirp... hard to describe really.Probably normal sounds then. When a drive goes into arrest it makes clicky bangy noises that just sound wrong. You do have a backup plan, right?
Mine makes a low sorta chirp sound every now and again but its hard to discribe in words