HD Ticking / Clicking.

HD Ticking / Clicking

Just bought 2 new acer one 1GB & 120GB Hard Disks.

Noticed one of them (mine) has the hd ticking and cliking every few seconds. Couple of questions...

Should I return it and get it replaced ?
What is the best way to stop this in Linux ?
Should the Live Update fix it ??

Many Thanks

 

Any one any ideas on this ??

Thanks

 

I did this with ubuntu. I added this to the file /etc/hdparm.conf

Code:

command_line {
hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda
}

That basically disabled the drive going into power save mode.

Not sure if your using Linpus, or Ubuntu or some other variant of Linux.

But if you don't have the file /etc/hdparm.conf

You can just run "hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda" from the command line to test it, and then add it to a startup script used by your Linux variant.

 

Thanks

I'll try that.. I've spoken to Amazon today and they will swap it if I ask them to !!

 

Mine had the same problem with linpus (as supplied) I now have Ubuntu remix installed and it does it a lot less than it did.

I assume it is something to do with the hard drive parameters as I've had 3.5" drives that have done the same.

 

Just posted in another thread..

I can't find /etc/hdparm.conf
If I try running hdparm in terminal I get command not found...

This is on Linpus - Any ideas ?

 

I don't have Linpus on my AA1, but you should probably just install hdparm from the Linpus repositories, or the Fedora ones.

Then you should be able to have hdparm fix the issue.

 

I installed hdparm when I found out it wasn't there, but when I tried using it I got permission denied.

Any clues - I'm a linux newbie, I only got this wonderful machine at Christmas but I have had ticking hard drives in XP laptops before and I would like to stop it if possible.

Thanks for the help.

Alan

 

From a terminal session run

sudo hdparm - 256 /dev/sda
You will then be asked for your password.

 

bad idea 254 you can use load count cycle ugly fix
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=805570&highlight=load+count+cycle

use value 200 for battery and 254 for ac

works with st model hdd in 120gb model

if you bought a 120gb and bios reports wd 1600 (160gb) then there is a firmware bug in hdd, I've informed both acer and Western Digital and they seem keen to help
viewtopic.php?f=24&t=10003 will be my reply

 

sudo hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda

that worked til a reboot, soI put it in rc.local to start each time the AAO starts and now clicking has gone totally

Thanks