[ltp] R51 hard drive clicking & firmware

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:52:09 -0600

 Howdy,

 When things get warmed up on my computer, the hard drive clicks.  Not a loud
 click.  A quiet, consistent, "tikitikitiki."  My hard drive is a
 HTS548040M9AT00 (40GB), purchased new in October 2004.  As best as I
 remember, its always done it.  It usually stops momentarily when the disk
 is accessed.

 Hoping perhaps a firmware upgrade would help (after reading a few things
 over that past months).  So, I go to the IBM website to see if an upgrade
 in available.  It is.  Cool.  I just have to download about a dozen floppy
 disk images.

 PROBLEM:  I have no floppy drive.

 Any ideas?  I poked around on IBM's website, and I didn't see any
 alternatives for this product line.  (Saw some for R50 & R50p if you run
 Windows... but R51 != R50.)

 Any ideas?

 Ref: 
 http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-41008

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