i wonder any1 with WD notebook HDD ever experienced it before? just got my HDD last week, but it makes this click sound tat annoys me, it comes out irregularly, but quite often. when i run chkdsk to check if there is any error, result comes out its clean..wonder if i should go claim them or this is normal n nothngy 2 worry abt?

thanks in advance! sorry if its a noob question..

HDD sot le...go waranty it

check ur power cable and also the data cable, if the problem still exist most probably is the HDD bad sector.

well, its a notebook drive.. so basically i connected through usb port..really go liao ah?

try take go back the place you bought it

oh yeah, i search through WD knowledge base occasional clicks is normal.. i wonder how is occasionally anyway..?

Current drive technology dictates that some noise will occur during drive operation. The type of noise and the volume of the noise can change depending on the current function that the drive is involved in. It is important to recognize which noises indicate trouble and which are simply normal drive sounds.

Normal drive sounds include:

* Whining noise during drive spin-up

* Occasional clicks during data access

* Hard clicks during a head park operation (shutdown or sleep mode)

Abnormal drive sounds include:

* High-pitched whining sound

* Vibration sounds due to either vibration in the mounting hardware or in rare cases, a drive failure

* Clicking or clunking sounds that occur repeatedly

* Grinding sounds


i found tat also, if the drive is doing somethng, like transfering datas, d click sound will decrease abit.. but put it on idle time.. it just clicks repeatedly..

This post has been edited by ben_ang: Dec 29 2007, 11:10 PM

like this?
this means HDD failure

This post has been edited by Kit II: Dec 30 2007, 01:23 AM

mhmm

so backup ur data and RMA it

I am not sure how does it sound but what I know is the head parking.
The solution is set the hardisk to run at performance mode.

[kit II]
d*mn..! nv knew tat HDD failure got tat many kind, n nv look at a inside of a failured HDD..lucky my situation is not tat serious..

[kingmax]
wats a performance mode?