Ok, i just bought a new Seagate 80gb hard drive, cause everyone has been praising them for how fast and silent they are. I installed it, and for the first day it worked really well, and was extraordinarily quiet. I loved it. However on the 2nd day, about every 1-2 minutes, the hard drive will start working really hard - it sounds kinda like when you exit out of a game and if you were low on memory, how it releases all the data from the page file, like a steady grinding sound. However, i'm not playing any games, and i'm not low on memory. I even checked activity monitor, and the HD access isn't something that the OS is aware of, so its something the hard drive is doing completely on its own.
My only guess is that perhaps the hard drive is overheating, and running some self tests? But it starts doing this as soon as i turn the computer on, even before its had a chance to warm up. I'm really at a loss here. Has anyone ever seen anything like this before, with any brand hard drive?
My only guess is that perhaps the hard drive is overheating, and running some self tests? But it starts doing this as soon as i turn the computer on, even before its had a chance to warm up. I'm really at a loss here. Has anyone ever seen anything like this before, with any brand hard drive?