Bill Kenworthy wrote: > On 19/12/15 08:01, Dale wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> I finally got a new 3TB hard drive. I got one on sale for under $100. >> Anyway, I put it in, did the LVM thing and set up my backup script, very >> basic as it is. A little bit ago, I noticed a sound. It's not a click >> or a metallic type sound. It sounds like the heads are doing random >> reads/writes and the heads are moving but doing so noisily. Thing is, >> there is no drive activity according to gkrellm or iotop. All the >> drives should be basically idle. I even went to single user mode to be >> sure nothing in KDE was doing some index thingy or something. Still, >> nothing showed that there should be any drive activity, including the >> hard drive light on the case. >> >> <<<< SNIP >>>> >> The last SMART test I ran showed no problems but I have a fresh one >> running as I type on all drives. Will update if it shows anything. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> >> > Mechanics trick - place a largish screwdriver end on each hard drive > case in turn and the handle end to your ear. You can hear difference in > sound quite clearly. > > BillK > > > >
That would likely work. I've also used a water hose to do that on cars. I'm not sure how well that will work since the drives are only like a inch apart. With the screwdriver I might even be able to feel it. It's not very loud but I can hear it. One reason I can hear it so well, the fans on my case are very quiet. In a quiet room, I can't hear the fans. I can hear this drive noise even with the TV at a reasonable level. With no TV, I can hear it pretty well. My water hose trick wouldn't likely work but your screwdriver idea might work in more than one way. I also found this after the reply from Ian. https://www.backblaze.com/blog/3tb-hard-drive-failure/ No wonder they had it on sale. Heck, why didn't they just say it was a good door stop instead of a hard drive??? Dale :-) :-)
