Re: laptop harddrive noise
Adam Hardy wrote in Article <[🔎] 462E1071.9080100@cyberspaceroad.com> posted to
gmane.linux.debian.user:
> 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.
The hard drive in my Thinkpad did that for about a day, then it died.
Consider saving up for a new hard drive soon.
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Paul Johnson
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