I had a linux server a while ago that exhibited the same symptoms.
Given that the server was only running a squid cache and connecting
my ADSL I didn't really care if the hard drive died. After a few
months of the clicking noise issue the machine hard locked up with
nothing of any interest displayed on the screen. When I rebooted the
OS would not load citing "OS not found: Please insert system disk" or
similar. I stuck in my Debian CD, booted up and reinstalled
everything on the same hard drive and everything continued to work.
I am fairly sure that I never had that drive fail again, but I don't
think I used that server for very long before upgrading.
The moral is that the drive may keep working for a long time, but
don't expect your data to stay safe.
Adam.
On 19/02/2007, at 8:26 AM, Jon Davison wrote:
Well it looks like it may be time to upgrade, or is it Monday
morning G5 blues?
Remember a while back I posted a story about a continual clicking
noise that I thought may have been my CD/DVD drive?
well it's doing it again, and it is without a doubt coming from one
of the HD's (80Gb and 120Gb). It always produces ten
metallic clicks, then a 2 second space, followed by another 10 and
so on? and it keeps on going for say 10 mins and then
stops. During this time the multi-coloured 'don't talk to me now
I'm working on it' wheel, spins away. Any ideas? also all the fans
slowly start to power up and build into a crescendo of whirling
plastic blades.
It has just done it again, so I hit the power off button and
restarted. Now everything is working again, but the 'Mac OS X -
starting Mac OS X' window is still on screen, with the blue
progress line complete, even though I am writing this email?
Is all this familiar too you you have had an HD start to die on
you? any thoughts would be welcomed.
G5/1.6GHz/1.5Gb RAM/OSX 10.4.8/80 + 120 Gb internal HD's.
Thanks
Jon
