faulty hdd?! x40 hdd clicking...WHEN OFF!!!!

[dorin]

hi there,

i noticed that as soon as i got the new hdd (HTC426040G9AT00) i noticed that when the laptop its off, and i flip it on any other side, the hdd its making a noise, like the heads are going from one side to another.

is that normal?! shoulndt this be very dangerous for movement (ie. running after bus) ?!?!

thanks,

dorin

ps: in rest it pases all the tests with no pb!

[christopher_wolf]

You mean that you hear a clicking sound when you move the X40 from side to side when it is off? If so, this was reported in a thread awhile back.

The armature of the HDD is ramped off the platters and locked into position. You would have to have *really* sensitive hearing to hear the jiggling in the tiny tolerance through the case and ambient noise.

[dorin]

the noise come in the area where the hdd is and it comes only when its off. searched but couldnt find what you meant (the only one which i recall some time ago was with the noise from side to side like a lost screw or so)

i wonder that could it be?

dorin

[christopher_wolf]

Perhaps the 1.8" Toshiba HDDs in the X4X Series Thinkpads use slightly loosed tolerances and a ramp region that is father away from the platters? That doesn't make sense though since I would think that they would want to utilize space as much as possible.

I will look into this a bit and check out some of the Whitepapers for that Toshiba drive.

[dorin]

sorry for posting this, i;ve should've searched more not a simple search!


any admin ,delete this thread if wanted!

i confirm the noise comes from PCMCIA release buton!

i just put one PCMCIA card and no noise after!

so hdd its fne! and by the way its a travelstar hitachi!


once again sorry!

dorin

[christopher_wolf]

Wow...Good job on that; search button comes in handy doesn't it?

Good thing is, now even I know what causes it...Learn something new every day I guess. :0