laptop harddrive noise
I installed etch onto a new pc which is made up of a low energy consumption mobo
and two 2.5 inch laptop 120 gig harddrives.
The low energy consumption was my priority because I want to leave the machine
on 24x7. However these are the first 2.5 inch harddrives I've ever had and they
(or at least one of them) are making a disconcerting clicking noise every 5 to
25 seconds at random - it sounds a bit like a metronome, if it wasn't so irregular.
What I'm wondering, is whether it's etch reading or writing and the noise is the
disc spinning up or the heads engaging.
I've configured the machine to run as a proxy gateway for my network with a
firewall, but also with KDE, although that's not running as I sit here now
listening to it. I shut down a few of the daemons that I thought might be
causing it, but it carries on regardless.
As well as being disconcerting, it's also an issue because I want to use this as
a media center as well, and the last thing I want is some constant clicking noise.
Thanks,
Adam
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