Hard Drive Click Noise

they always do that when loading and such. either that or ur triggering the saftey feature o n it


as long as ur mac isnt crashing ur fine

 

Apple Portables: Hard drives and noise

 

If it were me I'd do a full backup of your disk, then take it to an authorized repair outlet for diagnosis.

 

No need it's the SMS.

 

Since the MBP wasn't being moved, it's unlikely to be the SMS. It's more likely normal read/write activity on the drive. It sounds perfectly normal.

 

Read the link I posted. It's not the SMS.

 

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1935

;-)

 

There is nothing wrong with the drive. The noises are normal. Some drives are simply louder than others.

 

Now THAT will be quiet! And fast!

 

exacly what i said ......>.>

 

HDAPM will be a lot cheaper option to begin with.

 

I had exact same issue it was ticking random times...

It was my sms sensor thats on top of the drive that detects any movement..

What i did was... Booted and disabled the sms

sh-3.2# sudo pmset -g
Active Profiles:
Battery Power -1
AC Power -1*
Currently in use:
womp 0
autorestart 0
halfdim 1
sms 1
panicrestart 157680000
hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage
networkoversleep 0
disksleep 0
sleep 0
hibernatemode 3
ttyskeepawake 1
displaysleep 15
acwake 0
lidwake 1


then disabled it by

sh-3.2# sudo pmset -a sms 0
sh-3.2# sudo pmset -g
Active Profiles:
Battery Power -1
AC Power -1*
Currently in use:
womp 0
autorestart 0
halfdim 1
sms 0
panicrestart 157680000
hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage
networkoversleep 0
disksleep 0
sleep 0
hibernatemode 3
ttyskeepawake 1
displaysleep 15
acwake 0
lidwake 1


I ran it like that for 30 mins ... then did a repair disk permissions and before rebooting i enabled the sms back in

sh-3.2# sudo pmset -a sms 1
sh-3.2# sudo pmset -g
Active Profiles:
Battery Power -1
AC Power -1*
Currently in use:
womp 0
autorestart 0
halfdim 1
sms 1
panicrestart 157680000
hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage
networkoversleep 0
disksleep 0
sleep 0
hibernatemode 3
ttyskeepawake 1
displaysleep 15
acwake 0
lidwake 1

see if that helps... if not get a ssd

 

The noise is probably normal notthing to worry about

 

My SMS is doing the same thing. The drive is in my optibay, and it is causing all sorts of read/write errors as well. Any thoughts?

 

All I gotta say is BACK UP your computer now!

I've had noises like this from my hd twice, both times the drive died within a few weeks.

I've had 7 Apple hard drives fail in the last 2.5 years. SEVEN. Granted, they aren't "Apple" hard drives, they are just the typical lowest-bidder. But standard hard drives are unreliable at best. This is why I'm switching to a solid state when I get my new computer.