Why does the WD Scorpio 2.5" hard drive make clicking noises when installed ?

Why does the WD Scorpio 2.5" hard drive make clicking noises when installed
in a laptop computer?

Thank's

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> Why does the WD Scorpio 2.5" hard drive make clicking noises when
> installed in a laptop computer?

No one can really answer this without knowing more, but in general when a
hard drive makes clicking noises it is in the process of dying or has
already died.

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Some drives do when they're brand new. Some do if you don't use insulating
material or bushings to isolate them from the computer/mounting frame.
Others do if the mounting process has warped or distorted the case. Yet
others do when the drive is getting ready to die.

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"" <> wrote in
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> Why does the WD Scorpio 2.5" hard drive make clicking noises when
> installed in a laptop computer?
>
> Thank's

Has it always made that noise? If so it could be just the heads moving back
& forth.

Bob


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> Why does the WD Scorpio 2.5" hard drive make clicking noises when
> installed in a laptop computer?
>
> Thank's

I used a WD Scorpio in a USB case for a detached hard drive case. Ever
time I hooked it up I would get a clicking noise and the laptop wouldn'
read the drive. As soon as I used a USB cable that had 2 USB plugs, i
worked. It appears a single hook up USB cable doesn't provide enoug
power and that created the clicking noise and unreadability. The driv
works great now with the 2 headed cable

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> I used a WD Scorpio in a USB case for a detached hard drive case. Every
> time I hooked it up I would get a clicking noise and the laptop wouldn't
> read the drive. As soon as I used a USB cable that had 2 USB plugs, it
> worked. It appears a single hook up USB cable doesn't provide enough
> power and that created the clicking noise and unreadability. The drive
> works great now with the 2 headed cable.
>
> Tom
>
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> mwfencer

The reason is clear if you look at power draw listed on the drive's label,
and the output of a USB port.

The drive draws about an amp. A USB port can supply at most 500mA, or half
of what the drive requires.

This is why 2.5" drive cases come with the 3-headed cable.

You can cause some permanent or temporary damage to the port as well.

HTH
-pk