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    Hard drive clicking noise...

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by hanime, Dec 26, 2008.

  1. hanime

    hanime Notebook Evangelist

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    I've been on this issue ever since I got my laptop. I used to have a Western Digital (WD1600BEVT) and it made that annoying clicking/crushing/crippling noise every 3-5 seconds and even on idle (both Windows Vista and Windows XP). So I replaced it with a 320GB Seagate 7200rpm drive and this one clicks also, but quieter.

    I did a test; I used my old WD as an external USB drive and noticed it does not click anymore. Now is this a XPS M1530 problem or what?
     
    hanime, Dec 26, 2008
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    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Tinderbox (UK), Dec 26, 2008
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