Q> WDC31600 makes sound once when turned on/off?
Mha, Ho-Seong
Hi, all. I've just bought a WD 1.6Gb HD and finished the installation. I'm
using it as a master with Conner 1.2 as a slave. The WD HD works O.K. and
seems to be much faster than my 1.2 Gb Conner CFA.
I read about those problems about this WD 1.6Gb HD in this newsgroup, and got
worried. When I turn my system off, I heard a clanking sound (not big, and
just once; I thought it's the parking sound of the WD). When I turn the
machine on, the WD makes the same sound (once), and the system boots up
normally and works O.K. My Conner doesn't make this sort of sound.
Is this sound something I have to be concerned about? Or, is it normal sound
of every WD 1.6Gb HD? I'd like hear from someone who has this WD HD. Please
let me know about this sound. Thanks in advance.
________________________________
Mha, Ho-Seong
Civil Engr, Oregon State Univ.
________________________________
Eric de Haan
mh...@ucs.orst.edu (Mha, Ho-Seong) writes:
Hi there,
i have WD AC2420, which did this once.
After this i had problems in the file structure.
Made a full backup, ran the WD-util WDAT_IDE.EXE
which relocated some sectors, restored my files,
and now all is well.
This was more than a year ago, never had any
problems again. Get this util from the WD WWW-site.
bye, Eric deh...@fwi.uva.nl
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Arthur D. Jerijian
In article <mhah.164...@ucs.orst.edu>, Mha, Ho-Seong wrote:
>Hi, all. I've just bought a WD 1.6Gb HD and finished the installation. I'm
>using it as a master with Conner 1.2 as a slave. The WD HD works O.K. and
>seems to be much faster than my 1.2 Gb Conner CFA.
>I read about those problems about this WD 1.6Gb HD in this newsgroup, and got
>worried. When I turn my system off, I heard a clanking sound (not big, and
>just once; I thought it's the parking sound of the WD). When I turn the
>machine on, the WD makes the same sound (once), and the system boots up
>normally and works O.K. My Conner doesn't make this sort of sound.
>Is this sound something I have to be concerned about? Or, is it normal sound
>of every WD 1.6Gb HD? I'd like hear from someone who has this WD HD. Please
>let me know about this sound. Thanks in advance.
I get the same noise, too, but I've never had any problems
with the drive. Now, I'm starting to get very worried that it's going
to fail on me sometime within the next 3 months. It's time for me to
save up my summer job money and get a SCSI card and an MO drive...
>________________________________
>Mha, Ho-Seong
>Civil Engr, Oregon State Univ.
>________________________________
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M. Jarrett
mh...@ucs.orst.edu (Mha, Ho-Seong) wrote:
>Hi, all. I've just bought a WD 1.6Gb HD and finished the installation. I'm
>using it as a master with Conner 1.2 as a slave. The WD HD works O.K. and
>seems to be much faster than my 1.2 Gb Conner CFA.
>I read about those problems about this WD 1.6Gb HD in this newsgroup, and got
>worried. When I turn my system off, I heard a clanking sound (not big, and
>just once; I thought it's the parking sound of the WD). When I turn the
>machine on, the WD makes the same sound (once), and the system boots up
>normally and works O.K. My Conner doesn't make this sort of sound.
>Is this sound something I have to be concerned about? Or, is it normal sound
>of every WD 1.6Gb HD? I'd like hear from someone who has this WD HD. Please
>let me know about this sound. Thanks in advance.
>________________________________
My 1.2 WDC does pretty much the same thing. Hopefully, it's normal.
>Mha, Ho-Seong
>Civil Engr, Oregon State Univ.
>________________________________
Flames Always Welcome
M. Jarrett
jar...@azstarnet.com
George Tsang
M. Jarrett wrote:
>
> >worried. When I turn my system off, I heard a clanking sound (not big, and
> >just once; I thought it's the parking sound of the WD). When I turn the
> >machine on, the WD makes the same sound (once), and the system boots up
My wd21200 does exactly the same as you described. It is working ok.
Nigel Morgan
deh...@fwi.uva.nl (Eric de Haan) wrote the following pearls of wisdom:
>mh...@ucs.orst.edu (Mha, Ho-Seong) writes:
>
>>Hi, all. I've just bought a WD 1.6Gb HD and finished the installation. I'm
>>using it as a master with Conner 1.2 as a slave. The WD HD works O.K. and
>>seems to be much faster than my 1.2 Gb Conner CFA.
>>I read about those problems about this WD 1.6Gb HD in this newsgroup, and got
>>worried. When I turn my system off, I heard a clanking sound (not big, and
>>just once; I thought it's the parking sound of the WD). When I turn the
>>machine on, the WD makes the same sound (once), and the system boots up
>>normally and works O.K. My Conner doesn't make this sort of sound.
>>Is this sound something I have to be concerned about? Or, is it normal sound
>>of every WD 1.6Gb HD? I'd like hear from someone who has this WD HD. Please
>>let me know about this sound. Thanks in advance.
>>________________________________
>>Mha, Ho-Seong
>>Civil Engr, Oregon State Univ.
>>________________________________
>
>Hi there,
>
>i have WD AC2420, which did this once.
>After this i had problems in the file structure.
>Made a full backup, ran the WD-util WDAT_IDE.EXE
>which relocated some sectors, restored my files,
>and now all is well.
>This was more than a year ago, never had any
>problems again. Get this util from the WD WWW-site.
>
>
>bye, Eric deh...@fwi.uva.nl
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I've got three WD drives AC2700, 2850, & 31200 all of which do this on
power-down. I'm fairly sure it's the auto head-park mechanism which
could have been dampered better I suppose, but all of these drives have
been working for at least 6 months with no bad sectors.
--
Nigel Morgan (reply to:- ni...@wycombe.demon.co.uk)
Using a computer is like eating an APPLE....if the first BYTE is sour, ROTate
it round and have a NIBBLE on the other side!