hard drive making weird noises

From: Bill Sudbrink <wh.sudbrink_at_verizon.net>
Date: Sat Nov 23 08:59:00 2002

> I have a 60GB IBM hard drive (can't get at the model number and don't
> want to power down to do so right now).
>
> Every once in a while I hear it make the most disconcerting noise. It
> sounds like a <chirp> followed by a <ka-clunk> followed by another <chirp>
> and then another <ka-klunk>, all in the span of no more than 2 seconds.
>
> It sounds as if its skipping a heartbeat or something. What the hell
> is going on and how do I defibrilate it?

That sounds like possibly a "thermal recalibration". But I didn't think
that drives did that anymore.

Bill
Received on Sat Nov 23 2002 - 08:59:00 GMT