On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 17:59, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 03 June 2004 18:42, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > >On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 02:18, Peter Cannon wrote: > >> Hi Jeam-Marie > >> > >> On Thursday 03 Jun 2004 03:41, vejmarie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> > It is clicking let's say every 10 to 30 s like if the head of > >> > the hardrive where put in an off position and restarted or like > >> > if my disk was going to die. > >> > >> I don't have the answer as even after 8 months I'm still a novice > >> but, the same problem happend with FC 1 now I'm not sure of the > >> exact kernel issue I think it was about three back (FC1 Kernels > >> that is) as you said it sounded like the heads were extending to > >> far on the platters this usually indicates imminent hardware > >> failure, however on the next issue of kernel (which if memory > >> serves me, was very fast) the problem was fixed so I take the view > >> that the problem lies in the kernel. > > > >Hmm.. sound like my problem too.. D600 with factory 30GB(fujitsu), > > no clicking.. > > > >Upgraded to 80GB(hitachi) and there's the clicking. Checked smartd, > > no problems with the drive. > > > >Been like 1+ months. No problems (touch wood). I thing I do notice > > is that it seems to happen is the drive's Hot. or not doing > > anything. Once I get XMMS running or reading some files or ls -laR, > > it goes off. > > > >Funny.. > > Not to the drive I'm afraid. > > This clicking is the drive itself doing whats known as thermal > recalibrations. Its aware of the tempurature rise, knows that the > disks are growing with the heat, and is relocating a few tracks here > and there in order to keep its ability to seek up to date as the > physical dimensions of the disk change. When the disk gets busy, the > seeks associated with the activity usually furnish the correction > info it needs, or the seeks may become buried in the normal activity > noises. > > I don't mind it occasionally, say every 5 to 10 minutes as it warms > up, but if it gets too warm, they will continue essentially non-stop. > If after say half an hour of warmup, it is still doing it frequently, > then consider re-arranging the drives mountings for better cooling, > like leaving an open bay on both sides of it, or mounting it in a > drive cooler thats then mounted in a 5.25" bay. Additional cooling > fans to improve the internal circulation may help, but don't make the > mistake of adding rear panel exhaust only fans without opening up the > fan port (putting an intake fan there is even better) on the front > fan pad most boxes have so that the PSU fan isn't starved for air, > and cooking the PSU. That's the best explanation I've heard of. Though I'm really curious on where you got that info. I work in a HD company and yet I'm oblivious to that "feature" BTW, this is a laptop 5400rpm drive. It has got NO place to go with better cooling. :(
