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

[RavenLX]

On 05/19/2017 09:24 AM, Philip Ashmore wrote:

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.


I have a IBM/Lenovo T61 a friend gave me brand new (as a gift) back in 
2007. It's still going! Running Debian 8.8 with XFCE. However, I too 
hear some faint clicking noises from time to time and wonder if the HD 
is dying. I have a spare HD (has only 80GB and Windows Vista Home 
Premium pre-installed on it). I don't want to really replace the HD 
(whether new - as I can't afford it or the original 80GB one). But it's 
been working otherwise, no problems or errors.


My HP Pavilion g7 I've had maybe 4 or 5 years now (forgot when I 
actually got it) and it is my "main" system I use all day every day. 
Never any clicking noises or problems (set up the same with Debian 8.8 
with XFCE). That one sometimes would run a bit hot (so I put fans under 
it and have some power management packages installed).


I'm not sure why some systems react a certain way and other's don't. But 
if you put a new HD in and the clicking is still there, then you just 
ruled out the HD, at least.


Next thing I think you could check is the fan, and the system 
temperatures. Maybe a fan is starting to go or just needs cleaning and 
oiling?

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

[Jeremy Nicoll]

On Fri, 19 May 2017, at 14:24, Philip Ashmore wrote:

> I got a new hard disk.
> I still get the same clicking

Could it be the laptop's fan? 

-- 
Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own.

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

[Philip Ashmore]

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
> 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


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.