[ltp] R51 hard drive clicking & firmware

[James McKenzie]

Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote:
>  
>  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.
>  
If you are concerned about the noise, run the Drive Fitness Test from 
Hitachi.  Some noise is 'normal' but a constant click-click-click is 
not.  I have a drive in a Dell that is a rebranded IBM drive that resets 
every once in a while, whereas the drive in my IBM Thinkpad is very 
quiet and does not go through this (or I cannot hear it.)  So, each 
drive has its own personality, and what is normal for one drive is not 
for another.
-- 
James McKenzie