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    uMBP 13' owners, listen to your hard drive real quick....

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by blackmamba, Oct 7, 2009.

  1. blackmamba

    blackmamba Notebook Evangelist

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    ..and tell me if you occasionally heard a very soft click.

    I heard a very soft click maybe once every 20-30 seconds or so.

    I'm running the 160gb 5400 rpm stock hard drive on the late 2009 uMBP.

    Not sure if this is normal or not so if you fellow NBRers of the Mac subforum could help me out, it be much appreciated. :D
     
    blackmamba, Oct 7, 2009
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  2. Sladerade

    Sladerade Notebook Consultant

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    do not sweat it man. i hear it every once in a while. all hard drives make that clicking noise. when you hear it you are probably writing something to it or the hard drive is reading something. its perfectly normal!
     
    Sladerade, Oct 7, 2009
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  3. mr__bean

    mr__bean Notebook Evangelist

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    Thats perfectly normal with modern laptop harddrive, as they now park the harddrive head when it is not in use as a mechanism to prevent harddrive damage
     
    mr__bean, Oct 8, 2009
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  4. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Indeed - OS X has pretty aggressive power management for HDD and parks the heads quite a bit. The volume level is usually only heard in a quiet setting, and is normal.
     
    ClearSkies, Oct 8, 2009
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  5. jamesholden

    jamesholden Newbie

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    Yup... I agree with ClearSkies.
     
    jamesholden, Oct 8, 2009
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