SATA Hard Drive noise question

**ElementalDragon** · July 26th, 2004

Ok, this being my first SATA Hard Drive, i'm not sure if it's normal or not (though hoping it is). When i start the computer, i kinda hear a little bit of a whine in 2 separate bursts, first kinda low pitch, then a little higher pitch. When i turn the computer off, just before it actually shuts down, i hear like 2 or 3 moderately loud clicks about a second apart from each other. Is this stuff just caused by the different source of power used/power management?

It's a 120GB Western Digital by the way.

**dreamliner77** · July 26th, 2004

I'm assuming it's a 7200rpm drive?

The whining is normal, that's the drive spinning up. As for the clicks, I wouldn't say that is normal. Clicking is normally a bad sign for a drive.

**ElementalDragon** · July 26th, 2004

I was just kinda assuming that it was normal to hear that during it's shutdown routine. Anyone else have any insight on the issue?

Mooz · July 26th, 2004

hi mate, i have 4 250gb drives of the sata breed all 7200's and they all do exactly that, now i panicked and asked the manufacturer about it and they said its perfectly normal. so dont panic.

hope t his helps.

Mooz

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ElementalDragon The One and Only Joined: August 2002 Location: Lehighton, PA Posts: 3,160 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1095 Power: 157	SATA Hard Drive noise question Ok, this being my first SATA Hard Drive, i'm not sure if it's normal or not (though hoping it is). When i start the computer, i kinda hear a little bit of a whine in 2 separate bursts, first kinda low pitch, then a little higher pitch. When i turn the computer off, just before it actually shuts down, i hear like 2 or 3 moderately loud clicks about a second apart from each other. Is this stuff just caused by the different source of power used/power management? It's a 120GB Western Digital by the way. Core 2 Quad Q9450 \| 4GB DDR2 800 \| Abit IP-35 Pro \| eVGA GTX 295+ I Love Windows 7! Has my post been helpful to you? If so, please click the to the left to add to my reputation.

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dreamliner77 The Analog Kid Joined: March 2002 Location: Red Sox Nation Posts: 4,638 Reputation: 1111 Power: 178	I'm assuming it's a 7200rpm drive? The whining is normal, that's the drive spinning up. As for the clicks, I wouldn't say that is normal. Clicking is normally a bad sign for a drive. "You can fight without ever winning, but never win without a fight." -Neil Peart of RUSH

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ElementalDragon The One and Only Joined: August 2002 Location: Lehighton, PA Posts: 3,160 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1095 Power: 157	I was just kinda assuming that it was normal to hear that during it's shutdown routine. Anyone else have any insight on the issue? Core 2 Quad Q9450 \| 4GB DDR2 800 \| Abit IP-35 Pro \| eVGA GTX 295+ I Love Windows 7! Has my post been helpful to you? If so, please click the to the left to add to my reputation.

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Mooz Moozically Con~foozed Joined: July 2002 Location: UK Posts: 126 Reputation: 60 Power: 118	hi mate, i have 4 250gb drives of the sata breed all 7200's and they all do exactly that, now i panicked and asked the manufacturer about it and they said its perfectly normal. so dont panic. hope t his helps. Mooz