Clicking/Clunking Noise

rarafondon · 07-26-2008, 10:55 AM

I have a mybook 500 gb. I think it is essential 2.0. It's fine whenver I am transferring a file, but if two, there's a clunking noise. The noise is apparent whenever the hard drive is being used under stress. I guess an analogy is when a CPU is under 70% stress. Should I RMA? I have all the files in the hard drive of the computer that I am currently using.

dai · 07-26-2008, 11:12 AM

it is usually time to rma

rarafondon · 07-27-2008, 10:47 AM

The thing is that I'm not sure if it there is anything wrong with it. It makes a clunking noise whenever transferring 2 windows at once. Almost like when you hit your nails on a table. Sometimes theres a clunking noise, but it's not too loud. When I used to Western Digital Diagnostics test, it said that everything was fine. I hope that there is no bad sectors because I can transfer everything just fine. There's vibrations that I can actually feel. It has been a few weeks since I noticed the clicking.

~~wiseleo~~ · 07-27-2008, 06:21 PM

Drives are cheaper than data recovery.

Clone the disk and RMA it.

07-26-2008, 10:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
rarafondon Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Vista SP 1	Clicking/Clunking Noise I have a mybook 500 gb. I think it is essential 2.0. It's fine whenver I am transferring a file, but if two, there's a clunking noise. The noise is apparent whenever the hard drive is being used under stress. I guess an analogy is when a CPU is under 70% stress. Should I RMA? I have all the files in the hard drive of the computer that I am currently using.

07-26-2008, 11:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,705 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Clicking/Clunking Noise it is usually time to rma __________________

07-27-2008, 10:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
rarafondon Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Vista SP 1	Re: Clicking/Clunking Noise The thing is that I'm not sure if it there is anything wrong with it. It makes a clunking noise whenever transferring 2 windows at once. Almost like when you hit your nails on a table. Sometimes theres a clunking noise, but it's not too loud. When I used to Western Digital Diagnostics test, it said that everything was fine. I hope that there is no bad sectors because I can transfer everything just fine. There's vibrations that I can actually feel. It has been a few weeks since I noticed the clicking.

07-27-2008, 06:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
~~wiseleo~~ Troubled Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 461 OS: Win 2003 SP2 My System	Re: Clicking/Clunking Noise Drives are cheaper than data recovery. Clone the disk and RMA it.