I know clicks are bad...but...

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Marduk

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I got a laptop yesterday (used).

it clicks when it's idle, but is silent when running.


usually, it's the other way around....so I'm kind of confused as to what's going on.


I have it set to never spin down the drive...


Thoughts?
 
The Hitachi "meow" only occurs at idle. The drive moves the read/write heads so that the heads do not stay over any one area of the platter for too long, which was the cause of the DeathStar 60/75GXP debacle. It may be a similar feature. As long as the drive passes diagnostics, performs normally, and doesn't develop bad sectors, I wouldn't worry too much about it.
 
laptop is dated Feb of 2003; so seeing as how it's in that time line, it could very well be that.

Don't remember if it's IBM or Hitachi...but seeing as how it's a thinkpad, odds are pretty good that it's one of those.
 
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