Western Digital users ( 250GB )

[EarlZ]

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I've been wondering if its normal for the drive to have a very audible shutdown click / noise, by far its the loudest ive heard on any harddrive.

[Vincennt]

naa sad ko western digital na 250GB ,wala man sound ang ako. ,but ako na encounter before kai kung naa ka duha ka harddisk na gi.gamit like master and slave ang isa kai tendency ang slave kai nai sound na murag nag click2x.

[AMD_infinium05]

naa sad ko western digital na 250GB ,wala man sound ang ako. ,but ako na encounter before kai kung naa ka duha ka harddisk na gi.gamit like master and slave ang isa kai tendency ang slave kai nai sound na murag nag click2x.

thats just unnecessary.

I noticed on my samsung 40gb. it ticks when i power it off. but not loud as like its bumping the r/w head too hard... I guess thats normal, the head just returns to its park area.

moreover just enable your SMART feature and do a western digital diagnostics.

[muzikfreakah]

On my WD 180GB Ide on external enclosure I do here a boot up click, accesing clicks and shutdown click. But on my WD 250Gb sata HDs, there is no sound at all.

[EarlZ]

Are you also using the WD2500JS ?

Anyway i tried the WD tools and everything is fine, SMART reports a very healthy drive and no where near failing, i guess this sound is normal.

[dharsam]

nindot ni western digi?

[emoners]

think it's ok ra master EarlZ... my WD has occasional clicking (like Ryan's) but also checked to be ok.

nindot ni western digi?

my WD Raptor (10k rpm) runs much cooler than my Seagate (7.2k rpm)...but my Seagate is much more quiet.

[AMD_infinium05]

Are you also using the WD2500JS ?

Anyway i tried the WD tools and everything is fine, SMART reports a very healthy drive and no where near failing, i guess this sound is normal.

that would reveal the answer... yes its normal to some end product drives. AFAIK there are identical drives pud nga wont make any noise either booting or shutting off..

[weezur]

and i thought WDs ran much quiter than Seagate?

will give my own feedbacks when i get mine. had to cancel mine because of 1k price drop on the 500GB, probably within a month...

[ryantanchan]

nindot ni western digi?

murag dili... less i bought a wd sata2 hd sa taiwan den under a month na guba... i also have an external hd na wd na 2 years na den guba na...