Re: [Thinkpad] TravelStar 5K80 drive ticking?

Tell that to IBM and Hitachi and the Drive Fitness Test. They say it's
normal - I'm just repeating it, is all, and telling ya that my original 40
and first 60 (both 5K80) did the same thing - can't comment on the new 60GB
b/c I haven't used it enough yet. (That shows itself as a Jan manufacture
date).

And obviously I thought it might be a problem if I called tech support
too... I'll also remind ya that there's a support doc about this with and
older HDD from IBM with the same issue. THe "fix" was getting a new version
of firmware that made the head move less, but it still clicked.

>From: James McKenzie <jjmckenzie51@sprintpcs.com>
>To: Starfire CT <starfirect@hotmail.com>
>CC: James@thinkpads.com, RobDBell@netscape.net, thinkpad@stderr.org
>Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] TravelStar 5K80 drive ticking?
>Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:30:53 -0700
>
>Starfire:
>
>It is NOT normal for a drive to constantly "click". This sounds like a
>hard drive head relocation problem. It is normal for a drive to
>'recalibrate' due to heat changes once in a while (like every 5 to 10
>minutes). The hard drive in my PVR (Echostar) does this when the case's
>internal temp changes.
>
>James
>
>
>Starfire CT wrote:
>
>>Well, obviously I don't own a 7K60, but I thought other people were
>>commenting on it - Hitachi and IBM both say it's normal for both drives...
>>maybe one batch sounds louder than the orders.
>>
>>I do know in the past there was a firmware fix for an older Deskstar drive
>>that had the same problem, but I don't think anything was released to
>>address this problem for these drives.
>>
>>Besides, sound is a subjective thing... loud for you might be quiet to me
>>:)
>>
>>
>>>From: "James H. E. Maugham" <James.H.Maugham@verizon.net>
>>>Reply-To: <James@thinkpads.com>
>>>To: "Rob Bell" <RobDBell@netscape.net>,<starfirect@hotmail.com>
>>>CC: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
>>>Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] TravelStar 5K80 drive ticking?
>>>Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:25:39 -0500
>>>
>>>Rob Bell wrote:
>>>
>>> > Thank you for the confirmation. Kind of a bummer that they make this
>>> > distracting noise. Odd for such an otherwise quiet drive. It
>>>wouldn't
>>> > be so bad if it just did 'tick tick tick' and then stopped. Mine
>>>keeps
>>> > going for long periods of time until there is more drive access.
>>>
>>>Then i'm abnormal. My 7K60 HDs make nary a sound. Certainly no ticks,
>>>burps,
>>>farts, or anything else "weird".
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>James
>>>
>>>
>>
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