Re: Debian Wheezy - HP Pavilion dm1
On Mon, 2013-10-21 at 21:28 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-10-21 at 20:50 +0200, Markus Falb wrote:
> > On 21.Okt.2013, at 19:48, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >
> > > FWIW when gvfs wakes up the
> > > drive, this doesn't cause a click noise, only a drive that is close to
> > > it's death makes this noise, when the heads are released.
> >
> > Putting a harddisk to sleep and wake it up does not make a click noise. Only thing it does is beginning to rotate, or stop.
> > But putting a harddisk to sleep is not the same as parking it's heads. These are two different functions. Normal sleep does not automatically involve parking it's heads, AFAIK.
> >
> > Parking the head's (or unparking them, or both) *is* making a click, albeit relatively low noise.
> > My experience is it's also drive dependent, some drive models make louder noise than other.
>
> I guess you're right, however, click noise might be caused by several
> actions, they can be loud and silent, but regarding to the cycles of the
> OP's drives I suspect it's the sound of death.
PS: If the drive doesn't rotate, then the heads must park *?* !
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