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Wondering if my Maxtor hard drive is going bad. It doesn't make a
continuous whine, like the spindle being worn. Just every now and so it
will make a short-lived waaaa-errrrr-annngg noise almost like it is
having difficulty during a search. However, there isn't even any disk
access at that time. It's almost like it occasionally makes some self
correction that lasts about 10 seconds but it's not from trying to get
any data from it (the heads aren't making any thunka-chunka noise to
indicate they are moving).
My Maxtor drive is by far the noisier of my two drives. The other one
is a 7200RPM Western Digital. The Maxtor spins at 5400RPM. The
background noise level of the Maxtor is much louder, almost as though
there is too much spindle friction. It's the white noise that you hear
from all drives when they spin. It's just louder with the Maxtor.
For the longest time, I thought it was a fan (CPU or PSU) that was maybe
getting out of balance due to wear or happened to get air flow just
right to cause turbulence that would vibrate. It weren't the fans. My
system is quieter overall with the removal of the Maxtor hard drive (it
sits atop my desk and close to me). However, I'll be moving it to the
side of the desk on the floor to free up some desk space so maybe the
Maxtor's white noise level won't be too bad. My concern is what is that
occasional 5 to 15 second whine that happens maybe once or twice and
then doesn't happen again until many days later. It certainly catches
my attention and breaks me away from my current work as your gut
instinct is to wonder what's breaking.
continuous whine, like the spindle being worn. Just every now and so it
will make a short-lived waaaa-errrrr-annngg noise almost like it is
having difficulty during a search. However, there isn't even any disk
access at that time. It's almost like it occasionally makes some self
correction that lasts about 10 seconds but it's not from trying to get
any data from it (the heads aren't making any thunka-chunka noise to
indicate they are moving).
My Maxtor drive is by far the noisier of my two drives. The other one
is a 7200RPM Western Digital. The Maxtor spins at 5400RPM. The
background noise level of the Maxtor is much louder, almost as though
there is too much spindle friction. It's the white noise that you hear
from all drives when they spin. It's just louder with the Maxtor.
For the longest time, I thought it was a fan (CPU or PSU) that was maybe
getting out of balance due to wear or happened to get air flow just
right to cause turbulence that would vibrate. It weren't the fans. My
system is quieter overall with the removal of the Maxtor hard drive (it
sits atop my desk and close to me). However, I'll be moving it to the
side of the desk on the floor to free up some desk space so maybe the
Maxtor's white noise level won't be too bad. My concern is what is that
occasional 5 to 15 second whine that happens maybe once or twice and
then doesn't happen again until many days later. It certainly catches
my attention and breaks me away from my current work as your gut
instinct is to wonder what's breaking.
