Seagate Clicking on start up

[sunzzofman]

Hi all,Iv just installed a new hardrive,and everytime i start it up it clicks a few times but then its fine.I'v ran the seatools long generic test and the short drive self test and both passed.Hardrive seems to be running fine :S.Just the few clicks at startups a bit worrying.What should i do?

[JMPC]

Personally, I would return it for a replacement.

[sunzzofman]

Originally Posted by JMPC

Personally, I would return it for a replacement.

Just shut it down and it was fine this time,must be when its cold :S

[dai]

what are you running
video card brand and model
cpu
m/board
ram
power supply
brand
model
wattage

check the listings in the bios for 12v line voltages and temperatures and post them

[sunzzofman]

Thanks for your reply btw :)


video card brand and model :Powercooler ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB
cpu: AMD FX 6100 six core 3.30 ghz
m/board: Asus m5a78l-m lx V2
ram : 8GB 1333 mhz (CPU-Z telling me DRAM freq is 669.7 mhz :S)
power supply:OCZ Stealth XStream 600W PSU - SLI Ready ATX2.2 12cm Fan

vcore 1.380v
3.3v 3.304v
5v 5.040v
12v 12.182v

cpu temp is 41 c /105.5 F
MB temp is 31c /87.5 F


thanks in advance :D

[dai]

your psu needs be a min of 750w 80+ quality

[sunzzofman]

Originally Posted by dai

your psu needs be a min of 750w 80+ quality

may i ask why? why is 600w to low? and is that the cause of start up clicking on the hardrive? is the psu limiting my computer speed etc?

[dai]

it's struggling for power

[sunzzofman]

Originally Posted by dai

it's struggling for power

Every calculater im useing online putting all my specs in is saying under 500w :s

p.s iv only got 1 internal hardrive,and a external one

[dai]

m/b an cpu and video pull over 90% of the power

i offered you my advice

it's up to you to decide if you wish to take it or not

[spunk.funk]

a clicking HDD means it's on it's way out. I would backup all data. You can send it back to Seagate and get a new HDD if it is within 30 days or get a refurbished one if it is longer then that. I would not keep it.

[dai]

clicking can also be caused by underpower

[LMiller7]

The power requirements of a computer may be within the nominal specs of a PSU but that doesn't mean that individual output lines (particularly the 12v) will never be overstressed. This could happen during exceptional situations, such as system startup. The manufacturers of inferior PSUs can play a variety of games with the specifications to make them appear better than they really are. Weak or failing PSUs can cause some very unusual problems.

The fact that the problem only occurs on startup would tend to indicate that it is not an HD problem, although that cannot be entirely discounted.

[sunzzofman]

Originally Posted by LMiller7

The power requirements of a computer may be within the nominal specs of a PSU but that doesn't mean that individual output lines (particularly the 12v) will never be overstressed. This could happen during exceptional situations, such as system startup. The manufacturers of inferior PSUs can play a variety of games with the specifications to make them appear better than they really are. Weak or failing PSUs can cause some very unusual problems.

The fact that the problem only occurs on startup would tend to indicate that it is not an HD problem, although that cannot be entirely discounted.

i got the bios voltage on startup,dunno if that makes a difference,could it be the case screws on the hd? even if i restart the pc or turn it off for a little while and turn back on its fine,just seems to be once its off for a night etc.

[sunzzofman]

right now,with pc being on for about 12 hours my volts accoring to speedfan are

3.3v = 3.30v
5.0v = 5.07v
12v = 12.26v

[spunk.funk]

Your PSU is fine. The drive has failed. You can test this theory by pulling the drive and attaching it to a USB Adapter with it's own Power Supply, if the drive is still clicking, then it has failed.