Is my HDD amking to much noise?

Hi guys

I got a DELL XPS M1530, which came with a WDC WD3200BEVT-75ZCT1
298.0GB Hard Drive Disk when I bought it. My computer got some problems
so DELL changed the HDD(which had a block failing) for me, and put in
FUJITSU MHZ2320BH G2 298.09GB instead. My computer is owkring faste
than before and the problems that I had have all gone(like a
eventviewer problem I had for a time ago), but my HDD now seems to mak
very much "fan noise", and somtimes the clik....clickclickclick... thin
and very loud, or at least I think that. Am I just a bit to fuzy wit
the sound or am I right??

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Thanks for your opinion

-cap

--
capi

That's kinda loud.
Get a diagnostic utility from Fujitsu:
http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/c...utilities.html

Run it on your notebook and see what it says about your HD.

"capi" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hi guys;
>
> I got a DELL XPS M1530, which came with a WDC WD3200BEVT-75ZCT1
> 298.0GB Hard Drive Disk when I bought it. My computer got some problems,
> so DELL changed the HDD(which had a block failing) for me, and put in a
> FUJITSU MHZ2320BH G2 298.09GB instead. My computer is owkring faster
> than before and the problems that I had have all gone(like an
> eventviewer problem I had for a time ago), but my HDD now seems to make
> very much "fan noise", and somtimes the clik....clickclickclick... thing
> and very loud, or at least I think that. Am I just a bit to fuzy with
> the sound or am I right???
>

To be honest what you consider 'loud' the manufacturer might consider as
normal for that drive. I well remember being sent a hard drive by Seagate to
review. The drive seemed quite quiet in operation for the first few days but
got progressively louder as the week progressed. I called Seagate and
expressed my concerns and was told 'don't worry about the noise, that is
normal.' Well it must have been normal because the drive lasted 5 years
without any problem and it was only dispensed with because I left
instructions for the PC to be sent to the recycling centre (I was buying a
new one) and forgot to take the damn drive out:-(

The best thing to do is visit the manufacturer's website and download their
drive diagnostic application. Run it on the drive and see if it shows any
problems. It is rather disconcerting the loudness of the click, click as the
drive head accesses data, but without a diagnostic check it is difficult to
say whether the drive is faulty or not.

--
John Barnett MVP
Windows XP Associate Expert
Windows Desktop Experience

Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk
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"capi" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hi guys;
>
> I got a DELL XPS M1530, which came with a WDC WD3200BEVT-75ZCT1
> 298.0GB Hard Drive Disk when I bought it. My computer got some problems,
> so DELL changed the HDD(which had a block failing) for me, and put in a
> FUJITSU MHZ2320BH G2 298.09GB instead. My computer is owkring faster
> than before and the problems that I had have all gone(like an
> eventviewer problem I had for a time ago), but my HDD now seems to make
> very much "fan noise", and somtimes the clik....clickclickclick... thing
> and very loud, or at least I think that. Am I just a bit to fuzy with
> the sound or am I right???
>
> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie"
> value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S7762YVdCjM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param
> name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param
> name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed
> src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S7762YVdCjM&hl=en&fs=1"
> type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always"
> allowfullscreen="true" width="425"
> height="344"></embed></object>
>
> Thanks for your opinions
>
> -capi
>
>
> --
> capi

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Question: Is the HDD on the video below making to much noise

- Yes, it is making too much nois
- No, this amounf of noise is usual for any lapto
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John Barnett MVP;977013 Wrote:
> To be honest what you consider 'loud' the manufacturer might consider a
> normal for that drive. I well remember being sent a hard drive b
> Seagate t
> review. The drive seemed quite quiet in operation for the first fe
> days bu
> got progressively louder as the week progressed. I called Seagate an
> expressed my concerns and was told 'don't worry about the noise, tha
> i
> normal.' Well it must have been normal because the drive lasted 5 year
> without any problem and it was only dispensed with because I lef
> instructions for the PC to be sent to the recycling centre (I wa
> buying
> new one) and forgot to take the damn drive out:-
>
> The best thing to do is visit the manufacturer's website and downloa
> thei
> drive diagnostic application. Run it on the drive and see if it show
> an
> problems. It is rather disconcerting the loudness of the click, clic
> as th
> drive head accesses data, but without a diagnostic check it i
> difficult t
> say whether the drive is faulty or not
>
> -
> John Barnett MV
> Windows XP Associate Exper
> Windows Desktop Experienc
>
> Web: 'Windows User' (http://www.winuser.co.uk
> Web: 'John Barnett's Silver Surfer Guide: Home Page
> (http://www.silversurfer-guide.com
> Web: 'John Barnett's Windows XP Help and Support
> (http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
> Web: 'John Barnett's Windows Vista Support
> (http://vistasupport.mvps.org
>
>
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> any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising ou
> of th
> use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in thi
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>
>
> "capi" <> wrote in messag
> news:...> > >
> >
> > > Hi guys
> >
> > > I got a DELL XPS M1530, which came with a WDC WD3200BEVT-75ZCT
> > > 298.0GB Hard Drive Disk when I bought it. My computer got som
> > problems
> > > so DELL changed the HDD(which had a block failing) for me, and put i
> >
> > > FUJITSU MHZ2320BH G2 298.09GB instead. My computer is owkring faste
> > > than before and the problems that I had have all gone(like a
> > > eventviewer problem I had for a time ago), but my HDD now seems t
> > mak
> > > very much "fan noise", and somtimes the clik....clickclickclick..
> > thin
> > > and very loud, or at least I think that. Am I just a bit to fuzy wit
> > > the sound or am I right??
> >
> > > <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie
> >
> > value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S7762YVdCjM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><para
> > > name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><para
> > > name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embe
> > > src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S7762YVdCjM&hl=en&fs=1
> > > type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always
> > > allowfullscreen="true" width="425
> > > height="344"></embed></object
> >
> > > Thanks for your opinion
> >
> > > -cap
> >
> >
> > > -
> > > capi > >

My hard drive seems fine. I did DELL diagnostics on it, and no erro
appeared. Anyways DELL(My provider) is getting me a new one, so I hop
that the next HDD wont make to much noise then

--
capi

John Barnett MVP <> wrote:
>
> To be honest what you consider 'loud' the manufacturer might consider as
> normal for that drive. I well remember being sent a hard drive by
> Seagate to review. The drive seemed quite quiet in operation for the
> first few days but got progressively louder as the week progressed. I
> called Seagate and expressed my concerns and was told 'don't worry
> about the noise, that is normal.' Well it must have been normal because
> the drive lasted 5 years without any problem and it was only dispensed
> with because I left instructions for the PC to be sent to the recycling
> centre (I was buying a new one) and forgot to take the damn drive out:-(
>
> The best thing to do is visit the manufacturer's website and download
> their drive diagnostic application. Run it on the drive and see if it
> shows any problems. It is rather disconcerting the loudness of the
> click, click as the drive head accesses data, but without a diagnostic
> check it is difficult to say whether the drive is faulty or not.
>

SMART is not always reliable. Did you see the YouTube video? If I had a
hard drive making noises like that (and I have), I would back it up as soon
as possible and replace it.

ss.

Yes, let's hope the next one isn't as noisy.

--
John Barnett MVP
Windows XP Associate Expert
Windows Desktop Experience

Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk
Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com
Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org


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"capi" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the
> results, please visit http://www.vistax64.com/showthread.php?t=212744
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Question: Is the HDD on the video below making to much noise?
>
> - Yes, it is making too much noise
> - No, this amounf of noise is usual for any laptop
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> John Barnett MVP;977013 Wrote:
>> To be honest what you consider 'loud' the manufacturer might consider as
>> normal for that drive. I well remember being sent a hard drive by
>> Seagate to
>> review. The drive seemed quite quiet in operation for the first few
>> days but
>> got progressively louder as the week progressed. I called Seagate and
>> expressed my concerns and was told 'don't worry about the noise, that
>> is
>> normal.' Well it must have been normal because the drive lasted 5 years
>> without any problem and it was only dispensed with because I left
>> instructions for the PC to be sent to the recycling centre (I was
>> buying a
>> new one) and forgot to take the damn drive out:-(
>>
>> The best thing to do is visit the manufacturer's website and download
>> their
>> drive diagnostic application. Run it on the drive and see if it shows
>> any
>> problems. It is rather disconcerting the loudness of the click, click
>> as the
>> drive head accesses data, but without a diagnostic check it is
>> difficult to
>> say whether the drive is faulty or not.
>>
>> --
>> John Barnett MVP
>> Windows XP Associate Expert
>> Windows Desktop Experience
>>
>> Web: 'Windows User' (http://www.winuser.co.uk)
>> Web: 'John Barnett's Silver Surfer Guide: Home Page'
>> (http://www.silversurfer-guide.com)
>> Web: 'John Barnett's Windows XP Help and Support'
>> (http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org)
>> Web: 'John Barnett's Windows Vista Support'
>> (http://vistasupport.mvps.org)
>>
>>
>> The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of
>> any
>> kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
>> reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be
>> liable for
>> any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out
>> of the
>> use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this
>> mail/post..
>>
>>
>> "capi" <> wrote in message
>> news:...> > >
>> > >
>> > > Hi guys;
>> > >
>> > > I got a DELL XPS M1530, which came with a WDC WD3200BEVT-75ZCT1
>> > > 298.0GB Hard Drive Disk when I bought it. My computer got some
>> > problems,
>> > > so DELL changed the HDD(which had a block failing) for me, and put in
>> > a
>> > > FUJITSU MHZ2320BH G2 298.09GB instead. My computer is owkring faster
>> > > than before and the problems that I had have all gone(like an
>> > > eventviewer problem I had for a time ago), but my HDD now seems to
>> > make
>> > > very much "fan noise", and somtimes the clik....clickclickclick...
>> > thing
>> > > and very loud, or at least I think that. Am I just a bit to fuzy with
>> > > the sound or am I right???
>> > >
>> > > <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie"
>> > >
>> > value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S7762YVdCjM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param
>> > > name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param
>> > > name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed
>> > > src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S7762YVdCjM&hl=en&fs=1"
>> > > type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always"
>> > > allowfullscreen="true" width="425"
>> > > height="344"></embed></object>
>> > >
>> > > Thanks for your opinions
>> > >
>> > > -capi
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > capi > >
>
> My hard drive seems fine. I did DELL diagnostics on it, and no error
> appeared. Anyways DELL(My provider) is getting me a new one, so I hope
> that the next HDD wont make to much noise then.
>
>
> --
> capi

I Agree SMART isn't all that reliable and No I didn't see the YouTube video;
I rarely click on links within newsgroup/forum posts.

Manufacturer's have far better diagnostic tools than SMART. If you have to
return your hard drive to, say the retail outlet that you purchased it from,
the first thing they do, after the smug grin and the 'I don't believe you'
look, is to run the relevant manufacturer's drive diagnostic software.

--
John Barnett MVP
Windows XP Associate Expert
Windows Desktop Experience

Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk
Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com
Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org


The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any
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"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
news:e$...
> John Barnett MVP <> wrote:
>>
>> To be honest what you consider 'loud' the manufacturer might consider as
>> normal for that drive. I well remember being sent a hard drive by
>> Seagate to review. The drive seemed quite quiet in operation for the
>> first few days but got progressively louder as the week progressed. I
>> called Seagate and expressed my concerns and was told 'don't worry
>> about the noise, that is normal.' Well it must have been normal because
>> the drive lasted 5 years without any problem and it was only dispensed
>> with because I left instructions for the PC to be sent to the recycling
>> centre (I was buying a new one) and forgot to take the damn drive out:-(
>>
>> The best thing to do is visit the manufacturer's website and download
>> their drive diagnostic application. Run it on the drive and see if it
>> shows any problems. It is rather disconcerting the loudness of the
>> click, click as the drive head accesses data, but without a diagnostic
>> check it is difficult to say whether the drive is faulty or not.
>>
>
> SMART is not always reliable. Did you see the YouTube video? If I had a
> hard drive making noises like that (and I have), I would back it up as
> soon as possible and replace it.
>
> ss.
>

John Barnett MVP <> wrote:
>>>
>>> To be honest what you consider 'loud' the manufacturer might
>>> consider as normal for that drive. I well remember being sent a
>>> hard drive by Seagate to review. The drive seemed quite quiet in
>>> operation for the first few days but got progressively louder as
>>> the week progressed. I called Seagate and expressed my concerns and
>>> was told 'don't worry about the noise, that is normal.' Well it
>>> must have been normal because the drive lasted 5 years without any
>>> problem and it was only dispensed with because I left instructions
>>> for the PC to be sent to the recycling centre (I was buying a new
>>> one) and forgot to take the damn drive out:-( The best thing to do is
>>> visit the manufacturer's website and download
>>> their drive diagnostic application. Run it on the drive and see if it
>>> shows any problems. It is rather disconcerting the loudness of the
>>> click, click as the drive head accesses data, but without a diagnostic
>>> check it is difficult to say whether the drive is faulty or not.
>>>
>>
>> SMART is not always reliable. Did you see the YouTube video? If I
>> had a hard drive making noises like that (and I have), I would back
>> it up as soon as possible and replace it.
>
> I Agree SMART isn't all that reliable and No I didn't see the YouTube
> video; I rarely click on links within newsgroup/forum posts.
>
> Manufacturer's have far better diagnostic tools than SMART. If you have
> to return your hard drive to, say the retail outlet that you purchased
> it from, the first thing they do, after the smug grin and the 'I don't
> believe you' look, is to run the relevant manufacturer's drive
> diagnostic software.


The manufacturers' disk diagnostic software all check the SMART data, even
for SCSI, SAS and FC disks sometimes. There is no other magic data that
they access. It does not even matter which manufacturer's diag program you
use most of the time, but some companies use different data values, so you
might as well, to be sure, as they might not cover the whole superset. The
only other thing that disk diag programs do are sector by sector read and
write tests.

The video was of a drive that was clearly failing, and if you watched it,
you'd agree. While SMART does not always catch failing disks in time, it
does work pretty well, and I reckon that the diags would most certainly find
bad blocks on that disk, anyway.

ss.

Synapse Syndrome <> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> To be honest what you consider 'loud' the manufacturer might
>>>> consider as normal for that drive. I well remember being sent a
>>>> hard drive by Seagate to review. The drive seemed quite quiet in
>>>> operation for the first few days but got progressively louder as
>>>> the week progressed. I called Seagate and expressed my concerns and
>>>> was told 'don't worry about the noise, that is normal.' Well it
>>>> must have been normal because the drive lasted 5 years without any
>>>> problem and it was only dispensed with because I left instructions
>>>> for the PC to be sent to the recycling centre (I was buying a new
>>>> one) and forgot to take the damn drive out:-( The best thing to do is
>>>> visit the manufacturer's website and download
>>>> their drive diagnostic application. Run it on the drive and see if it
>>>> shows any problems. It is rather disconcerting the loudness of the
>>>> click, click as the drive head accesses data, but without a diagnostic
>>>> check it is difficult to say whether the drive is faulty or not.
>>>>
>>>
>>> SMART is not always reliable. Did you see the YouTube video? If I
>>> had a hard drive making noises like that (and I have), I would back
>>> it up as soon as possible and replace it.
>>
>> I Agree SMART isn't all that reliable and No I didn't see the YouTube
>> video; I rarely click on links within newsgroup/forum posts.
>>
>> Manufacturer's have far better diagnostic tools than SMART. If you have
>> to return your hard drive to, say the retail outlet that you purchased
>> it from, the first thing they do, after the smug grin and the 'I don't
>> believe you' look, is to run the relevant manufacturer's drive
>> diagnostic software.
>
>
> The manufacturers' disk diagnostic software all check the SMART data,
> even for SCSI, SAS and FC disks sometimes. There is no other magic
> data that they access. It does not even matter which manufacturer's
> diag program you use most of the time, but some companies use different
> data values, so you might as well, to be sure, as they might not cover
> the whole superset. The only other thing that disk diag programs do
> are sector by sector read and write tests.
>
> The video was of a drive that was clearly failing, and if you watched it,
> you'd agree. While SMART does not always catch failing disks in time, it
> does work pretty well, and I reckon that the diags would most certainly
> find bad blocks on that disk, anyway.


Oh another thing, the OP should check the external link at the bottom of
this page, and listen to the recordings, and he'll realise how close he is
to total disk failure:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_crash

ss.

capi <> wrote:
>
> My hard drive seems fine. I did DELL diagnostics on it, and no error
> appeared. Anyways DELL(My provider) is getting me a new one, so I hope
> that the next HDD wont make to much noise then.
>

SMART only finds 64% of failing disks in time, so you cannot rely on it. If
you use the disk diag software again closer to the time of failure you will
find a rapidly increasing amount of bad blocks on the extended test, judging
from my experience.

ss.