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    640m/E1405 - Hard Drive Clicking?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by PaulyRags, Sep 6, 2006.

  1. PaulyRags

    PaulyRags Notebook Guru

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    Hey everyone,

    I am not sure if I just didn't notice before, or because I am away at school now and it's rather quiet....but does anyone else's 640m/E1405 Hard Drive click every so often?

    Just wondering if this is normal with this model or all models?

    Thanks,

    Paul
     
    PaulyRags, Sep 6, 2006
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  2. Sucka

    Sucka Notebook Consultant

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    Haven't noticed mine clicking.
     
    Sucka, Sep 6, 2006
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  3. incandenza

    incandenza Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes, mine clicks like that. It happens when the drive parks the heads. If you have a tool that shows you the SMART data for the drive, you can see the Load_Cycle_Count value going up by 1 every time it clicks. (I use 'smartctl' under cygwin.)

    Under Linux you can make it stop by disabling the power management for the drive using 'hdparm -B 255'. Don't know how to do that under Windows, though.

    It shouldn't be a problem, really, although the drive is only rated for a max of 600,000 Load_Cycle_Count.
     
    incandenza, Sep 6, 2006
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  4. Zero

    Zero The Random Guy

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    Don't worry about it, its pretty normal. On my notebook, it clicks all the time, but much less when idling. Nevertherless, it still clicks.
     
    Zero, Sep 6, 2006
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  5. outkastland

    outkastland Notebook Evangelist

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    yup, normal
     
    outkastland, Sep 6, 2006
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