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  • #1

    Click beep!

    Hi!

    It seems that my one or both of my IBM Deskstars (120GXP 80GB) is making a clicking noice and some kind of beep sometimes. Am I in trouble?

    Anyone else that have had problems with this disk?

    /Leo
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  • #2
    You should definitly download and run DFT (Drive Fitnes Test) from IBM quick
    If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

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    • #3
      Take Technoids advice and additionally make backups of your data and go buy yourself replacements ASAP! They are about to fail all together.
      "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." -- Dr. Seuss

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      • #4
        Just hit one of mine with a hammer and threw it in the bin. I enjoyed that after years of trouble with the crap.
        Now IBM free.
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        • #5
          The drive fitness test doesn't find any errors.....
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          • #6
            My IBM Deskstar 40 GB had randomly failed. The Fitness Test sometimes found, sometimes didn’t any errors.
            The solution was to warranty return my IBM 40GB drive to IBM (with REM #) and I’ve got a 60GB IBM, in quite short time.
            So far so good, it works now.

            Fred H
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            • #7
              a friend of mines IBM makes a small wiggly whir soundfor about 1sec every 12 or 15mins.
              Its been doing it for months.
              We are still waiting for it to fail.....
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              • #8
                Will the fitness test check non IBM drives?

                My only 75GXP drive has always been rock solid (KNOCK ON WOOD), and currently it's being cooled by a dual fan drive heatsink...just in case.

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                • #9
                  plug it to a linux box and run ide-smart.
                  no matrox, no matroxusers.

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                  • #10
                    Finally got back online earlier today because of a similar problem. My 20GB Ultra100 7200RPM drive decided to go click click every several seconds and one time when rebooting the computer just stopped seeing it. Damn it! Now I have to change my sig.

                    Edit:
                    Why does every piece of hardware that goes bad on me start to burn?
                    Last edited by High_Jumbllama; 1 February 2003, 20:28.

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                    • #11
                      Don't know if this is on the subject, but my Ultrastar 36LZX makes some noise after a period of inactivity (disk spinning but no seeks). The sound is 1 barely noticable click, and then a pitched whine for a very short time, followed by what seems to be 2-3 beeps (I know this is strange, but is sounds like that).

                      I suspect it is the drive moving its head to cool it off...
                      (does this makes sense ? the drive is a 10K)
                      The disk has always done this, and never gave me problems (touch wood )

                      Perhaps it is something similar ?


                      Jörg
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                      • #12
                        VJ this is normal behaviour for some type of IBM SCSI harddisk. I don't know how ibm calls it.
                        Main: Dual Xeon LV2.4Ghz@3.1Ghz | 3X21" | NVidia 6800 | 2Gb DDR | SCSI
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                        Third: Apple G4 450Mhz | 21" Monitor | Radeon 8500 | 1,5Gb SDRAM | SCSI

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                        • #13
                          Yes, I thought so too (thanks for confirming). But perhaps the Deskstars do something similar ?


                          Jörg
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                          • #14
                            woel, I have seen many IBM harddisks, no matter for desktop or laptop, die soon after the clicking sound...

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                            • #15
                              I had two Quantum HDDs die on my computer in Vietnam in the past 2 years (each died right after the warranty was finished ). They were both having clicking sound. One of them had a burnt chip...The other one did not seem to have any physical damage but simply did not work at all. The Seagate replaced them and has been working well.
                              My Quantum HDD on my computer here in Canada has been working well for about 2 years.. No problem. I guess it's so hot in VN.
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