Re: [trinity-users] Re: Strange clicking noise from my laptop hard drive

[Philip Ashmore <contact@philipashmore.com>]

On 11/05/17 18:21, Philip Ashmore wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > 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
>
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I got a new hard disk.
I still get the same clicking, but now it also sometimes happens before 
I type in the passphrase to unlock the luks encrypted lvm partition the 
OS sits on.
Maybe it's the hard disk controller.
I also took out the Broadcom wifi/bluetooth pci express card as it was 
acting up too.
Maybe it's time to retire this Samsung NP-RF711-S07UK.
Bought in 2012, that's four years more than the warranty.

Regards,
Philip Ashmore

Still using the Samsung, no clicks at the moment.