Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} HD makes weird noise, smartmontools says OK

2009-04-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 16 April 2009 01:30:56 Paul Hartman wrote: The fan on top of my case randomly starts vibrating and makes the most awful buzzing noise. If I touch the case in a certain spot it goes away (until I remove my finger). :) I usually just give it a couple whacks and it stops... but that's

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} HD makes weird noise, smartmontools says OK

2009-04-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:18:23 -0700, Grant wrote: Is there any other type of test I can do to see if the thing is healthy? Save some really important data to it that isn't backed up anywhere else. -- Neil Bothwick A friend of mine sent me a postcard with a satellite photo of the entire

[gentoo-user] {OT} HD makes weird noise, smartmontools says OK

2009-04-15 Thread Grant
A desktop Seagate 320GB hard drive of mine sometimes makes a buzzing noise. I ran 'smartctl -t long /dev/sda' and I get: Num Test_DescriptionStatus Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offlineCompleted without error 00% 11740 -

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} HD makes weird noise, smartmontools says OK

2009-04-15 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: A desktop Seagate 320GB hard drive of mine sometimes makes a buzzing noise. I ran 'smartctl -t long /dev/sda' and I get: Num Test_DescriptionStatus Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} HD makes weird noise, smartmontools says OK

2009-04-15 Thread Grant
A desktop Seagate 320GB hard drive of mine sometimes makes a buzzing noise.  I ran 'smartctl -t long /dev/sda' and I get: Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error # 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%     11740        

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} HD makes weird noise, smartmontools says OK

2009-04-15 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: A desktop Seagate 320GB hard drive of mine sometimes makes a buzzing noise. I ran 'smartctl -t long /dev/sda' and I get: Num Test_DescriptionStatus Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} HD makes weird noise, smartmontools says OK

2009-04-15 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 16:19 -0700, Grant wrote: A desktop Seagate 320GB hard drive of mine sometimes makes a buzzing noise. I ran 'smartctl -t long /dev/sda' and I get: Num Test_DescriptionStatus Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offline

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} HD makes weird noise, smartmontools says OK

2009-04-15 Thread Grant
A desktop Seagate 320GB hard drive of mine sometimes makes a buzzing noise.  I ran 'smartctl -t long /dev/sda' and I get: Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error # 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%     11740      

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} HD makes weird noise, smartmontools says OK

2009-04-15 Thread Grant
A desktop Seagate 320GB hard drive of mine sometimes makes a buzzing noise.  I ran 'smartctl -t long /dev/sda' and I get: Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error # 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%     11740