14 Nov
1997
14 Nov
'97
12:46 p.m.
<sounds as if the head is hitting against the case or something. Now,
<there is no disk access going on at all when this is happening, and it
<happens regularly at (seemingly) random intervals throughout the day. All
<of a sudden I'll start to hear the thunking sound and it will be coming
<from one of the two machines' hard drive. Very odd.
It may be that most of the non stepper drive will reseek from time to time
to correct for temperature and wear. It's recalibration.
Allison
Allison,
Very prudent to check www.wdc.com because Sam's hds WAC 11200 is one
of listed that requires s/w to quiet down that clicking and that is
not a recal seek, it's a wear leveling feature.
So, I already suggested he do so to d/l this s/w and run on them to
make himself happier.
Troll