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Barracuda 7200.7 (ST380011A)

Post by elitezoid » Tue Apr 15, 2003 1:12 am

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Hi,
I've recently purchased an 80Gb Barracuda 7200.7 (ST380011A). Generally I'm pleased with drive, noise levels of the disk rotation are low, and disk access is also low (not silent). However when the drive is idle, and not being accessed, it intermittently starts making what I can only describe as a audible clicking/ticking noise, which lasts up to 20/30secs. It only happens when the drive is idle, and is starting to get a little annoying.
Other than that the drive appears to function fine, anyone experienced this or know what it is?
Also in terms of noise and performance, how does this drive compare to a 80Gb Barracuda ATA IV in real world usage?

Thanks,

G

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Post by frequencies » Tue Apr 15, 2003 3:24 am

I don't have the barracuda but a 180gb IBM 180GXP. I have exactly the same impression of that drive, there's a lot of ticking and clicking going on when there's no reason to. Maybe they share some common characteristics.

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Post by Mr_Smartepants » Tue Apr 15, 2003 6:20 am

Well, if it had the name "Iomega" in front of it, that would be "The Click Of Death" my friend. :shock:

I don't think your hard drive is suffering from that though 8)

It might be part of the hard drive's "thermal recalibration" routine. But I can't be sure. I can't hear any clicking over the whine of my WD 120G!! :lol:

Sometimes drives will make random seeks and writes as part of the SMART monitoring. Maybe it's as simple as that?

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Re: Barracuda 7200.7 (ST380011A)

Post by jojo4u » Tue Apr 15, 2003 6:43 am

elitezoid wrote::?:
However when the drive is idle, and not being accessed, it intermittently starts making what I can only describe as a audible clicking/ticking noise, which lasts up to 20/30secs.
G
The clicking noise could be due to a calibration which is done by a new drive for some hours. I'am not shure. Try to search the storagereview.com forum.

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Post by dukla2000 » Wed Apr 16, 2003 5:25 am

Disk Temp (do a search for DTemp.zip) has an option to enable/disable Autoscan. Says it is a SMART feature where the drive checks itself for errors after it has been idle for a while, and recommends it is disabled cause some implementations have errors in that part of the firmware.

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Post by pingu666 » Wed Apr 16, 2003 7:58 am

the 80gig cuda 4 i ordered has turned out to be this hd
not tried it yet tho..
was about to post a thread to ask what i got tobe sure :)
70quid, so not to bad:)

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Post by elitezoid » Wed Apr 16, 2003 10:52 am

Pingu, where did you order it from? Also post up your opinions on this drive, once you've got it up and running, and let me know if you get any funny clicking noises when the drive is idling.

Thanks,

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Finally I find someone else with same problem

Post by ropez » Wed Apr 16, 2003 11:36 am

elitezoid:
I have the exact same problem with the exaxt same disk.
I have had a Cuda IV 40GB for a year, and I have never heard it! My new disk is in general a little louder, but that clicking/ticking noise is BAD.
I emailed the store before purchasing it, asking for the difference between IV/V/7200.7, since they all had the same prize. The only answer I got was that 7200.7 was the newest, so I ordered the newest.
Now I'm thinking about returning it.
I try to have a silent system, because I sometimes keep it on at night in my bedroom. Right now that disk is what makes me turn off the PC.

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Post by elitezoid » Wed Apr 16, 2003 11:58 am

I hear you ropez, normally I don't hear the drive above the hum of my case fans, until the cuda starts clicking away, it's intermittent and only when the drive is idle. It's not particularly loud, but it is starting to get really quite annoying! I've had the drive running in total for over 50 hours, and the clicking is still occuring!

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Post by elitezoid » Wed May 07, 2003 9:38 am

The ticking on my drive never went, although others who have experienced it said it went away after a while. Anyway I sent it back, and have just ordered another 80Gb cuda 7200.7, I'll let you know if I get the same problem when it arrives.

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