Re: Strange clicking noise from my laptop hard drive

[Philip Ashmore <contact@philipashmore.com>]

On 10/05/17 20:54, Jhoanir Torres wrote:
> I think your disk is broken.
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 2:32 PM, Philip Ashmore
> <contact@philipashmore.com <mailto:contact@philipashmore.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi there.
>
>     I managed to record it using my laptops built-in microphone.
>
>     To those who would prefer a description:
>     It starts fast and slows down. I opened the file with Audacity and
>     determined the intervals to be 0.1, 0.3, 0.6, 10, 15 seconds, then
>     it repeats.
>
>     It sounds like some kind of protocol negotiation algorithm that
>     requires a disk sync when the polling time doubles.
>
>     Here's a link for your listening pleasure:
>     https://www.dropbox.com/s/apdr1o056tam5ie/click.wav?dl=0
>     <https://www.dropbox.com/s/apdr1o056tam5ie/click.wav?dl=0>
>
>     I'm hoping it's some cron job, or DropBox, Trinity Desktop, wifi,
>     smart disk status monitoring, nVidia, Intel, ... not a virus trying
>     to phone home.
>
>     I'm really hoping that someone reading this will go "oh that thing"
>     and know what it is instantly.
>
>     Curiously it doesn't happen every day.
>
>     Regards,
>     Philip Ashmore
>
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>
> --
> Jhoanir Torres

I had suspended to ram and restored => clicking.
Fresh boot today => no clicking.
Also the intervals are 0.1, 0.3, 0.6, 1.0, 1.5 seconds.

And, yep, I've ordered another hard drive.

Philip Ashmore