From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 1 16:51:42 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01EA716A41F for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 16:51:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsdfan@nurfuerspam.de) Received: from mail.gmx.net (imap.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 085FE43D4C for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 16:51:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsdfan@nurfuerspam.de) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 01 Aug 2005 16:51:39 -0000 Received: from dsl-082-083-238-091.arcor-ip.net (EHLO [127.0.0.1]) [82.83.238.91] by mail.gmx.net (mp028) with SMTP; 01 Aug 2005 18:51:39 +0200 X-Authenticated: #931807 Message-ID: <42EE531B.1060704@nurfuerspam.de> Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 18:51:39 +0200 From: Markus Dolze User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 X-Accept-Language: de-de, en, en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Roberts References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hard drive noises -- western digital wd800ve X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 16:51:42 -0000 Michael Roberts wrote: > i'm encountering something funny in a hard drive i just installed. > issue is: the hard drive makes clicking noises sometimes when the system > is trying to access the drive, and when that happens, there is a > momentary (half or quarter second) pause in whatever the computer was > trying to do. e.g., if i type in a partial path in a terminal, then try > to tab-complete it, i hear a little tic-toc, accompanied by a pause, > before the completed path shows up in the terminal. I once had a IBM hard drive which made such a noise right from the beginning. According to the support people this was "normal" with that series of drives. However, I finally persuaded my supplier to have this drive replaced with one from another vendor. I couldn't have a drive in my PC which brings me cold sweat every day. As the others I recommend smartmontools and perhaps do a check with some "drive fitness test" tools from WD. Markus