Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:20:24 +0200 From: Eduardo Morras <nec556@retena.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Subject: Re: Identifying disk activity Message-ID: <4D6348DC02527C2F@> (added by postmaster@resmaa13.ono.com) In-Reply-To: <20110828073051.1ec5b66a.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20110828073051.1ec5b66a.freebsd@edvax.de>
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At 07:30 28/08/2011, Polytropon wrote: >Since I have installed my new system (FreeBSD/i386 8.2-STABLE), >I have found some kind of disk activity I've never had before >on my home system. As this PC is a very cheap product, it doesn't >have a HDD LED. Instead I have to listen to the disk. > >This is the strange sound: four groups of short "brrrrt" sounds >within a second, with a short pause between them. > > #####-----#####-----#####-----#####----- = 1 s > >This can be heared over several seconds, then silence. From >time to time, a "brrrt" sound appears for 3 seconds in one >long rush. Your disk is thinking or trying to do something. In morse code -- is 'm' so -- -- -- -- is mmmmmmm. When you hear the 'h' (four dots) or 'ph' (.--.----) it's finishing thinking. A typical sesion will be: mmmmmmmmmmmmmmhhh or mmmmmmmmppppphhhh. Similar sounds are made by lot of people in the bathroom while poping, you may want to investigate perhaps beastie is poping there. HTH Couldn't resist ;D
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