HDD click 1TB need your opinion

[unagikabayaki]

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Mga Bro!

Ask lang ko inyo views. My 1TB HDD is making just 1 clicking sound. Mahitabo ra ni cya (not all the time though but the frequency is quite noticeable for my standards) after booting from a long period of the pc being shutdown then the first action to open that drive to check folders, etc. ara ra cya murag mohimo ug short vibrating sound (ang pagtuyok sa plates most likely) and sometimes makes just 1 clicking sound. Then after ana wa nay noise whatsoever.

Per check disk and hard disk sentinel (passes tests on seatools) no errors and in perfect health. Is this what they call the normal clicking sound ?

HDD info:

Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 rpm
Firmware: JC4B
Not on raid setup
Intel rapid storage technology installed

Matsalams!

SMART status as of 30th of July 2013:


S.M.A.R.T

Status Good
Temperature 31 °C
Temperature Range OK (less than 50 °C)
01 Read Error Rate 118 (099) Data 000B163747
03 Spin-Up Time 100 (100) Data 0000000000
04 Start/Stop Count 100 (100) Data 000000035A
05 Reallocated Sectors Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
07 Seek Error Rate 100 (253) Data 000005BB07
09 Power-On Hours (POH) 100 (100) Data 000000034E
0A Spin Retry Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
0C Device Power Cycle Count 100 (100) Data 0000000113
B7 SATA Downshift Error Count 086 (086) Data 000000000E
B8 End-to-End error / IOEDC 100 (100) Data 0000000000
BB Reported Uncorrectable Errors 023 (023) Data 000000004D
BC Command Timeout 100 (074) Data 00000A0079
BD High Fly Writes (WDC) 100 (100) Data 0000000000
BE Temperature Difference from 100 070 (062) Data 002119001E
C2 Temperature 030 (040) Data 000000001E
C3 Hardware ECC Recovered 046 (030) Data 000B163747
C5 Current Pending Sector Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
C6 Uncorrectable Sector Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
C7 UltraDMA CRC Error Count 200 (200) Data 0000000049
F0 Head Flying Hours 100 (253) Data 00000006D5
F1 Total LBAs Written 100 (253) Data 008986033F
F2 Total LBAs Read 100 (253) Data 000ABFE33E

[keropi]

Same condition with my MSI netbook bro. Naa sya random clicking sound usahay but more frequently during startup and shutdown. Im thinking its more of a power-related issue (power burst during startup and power trip during shutdown).

Ambot lang pud. Yours might be a different case. But this [the first action to open that drive to check folders] is quite normal i guess.

[unagikabayaki]

tnx Bro Keropi for your input, i just wanted a vote of confidence that this random clicking is normal. Could be the orientation/positon of the HDD inside the chassis.

[simoko]

is this a new sound? wala ka kabantay ana sa una? if YES...then backup daan...a clicking sound is normally the first sign of a dying drive...

modern drives today normally don't make a sound during autoparking/execution of their spinup/spindown profiles...

[unagikabayaki]

Tnx Bro Simoko already did backup the moment i noticed it, it like its 4th-5th month from purchase. Guess what latest scan shows 1 bad sector. I believe warranty/rma is not yet possible in this case right ?

[EarlZ]

Dili unta gyud na mo click unless sa initial power up ra if mao nai paagi sa drive, epa warranty nalang na to be safe.

[unagikabayaki]

ako padgana ug fix sa seatools ron, ako sa obserbahan bai Earlz, if for some reason naa gihapon even after initial power up ako ni pa rma

[simoko]

the sooner na nimo ma rma bro, mas maau...pang peace of mind ba...duha na ka hdd nako naa 1 bad sector for over a year na gamit...99% health bale...wala man nuon mo daghan ang bad sector, pero always on your toes ka pirmi kai naa nai sign(bad sectors)...you'll never know when disaster will hit you...hehehehe...

[werty]

Tnx Bro Simoko already did backup the moment i noticed it, it like its 4th-5th month from purchase. Guess what latest scan shows 1 bad sector. I believe warranty/rma is not yet possible in this case right ?

check imo cables and/or power supply. i got issues like this na hdd sentinel(always running in background) detects bad sector, but mawala like after a few hours or days or so, them mubalik napud. changed the data cable, ok for a while until nibalik napud. changed the psu with another generic power suppl, wala na mubalik.

Lesson : get a branded more reliable psu

[domzgnrlover86]

ayay2 piso pa nga bad sector sa pagka karon but mas maayo ipa RMA nalang jud na samtang sayo pa