Notebook hard drive suppose to have rattle noise?

[Lugies15]

I got this IBM Travelstar 40GNX 20GB ATA5 2.5in 5400RPM Mobile Drive from googlegear and installed it. After trying to get it to work, I decided it was not compatable with my notebook so I took it out, and when I shook it it had this rattle noise inside like something was broken. I sent it back and their "Certified Technitian" said it was fine and working. Are hard drives really supposed to have anything loose inside?

 

[SpaceRanger]

Yes... They say that clicking is normal. I don't like the IBM notebook harddrives... Had 2 of them and both failed on me. Got a nice Toshiba hd in my Dell and all is well..

 

[Gunbuster]

Yes the noise is normal

 

[bacillus]

why did you think it wasn't compatible with your notebook?
bios limitation?

 

[zephyrprime]

I've taken apart notebook hard drives before. The rattling is caused by a little metal latch that keeps the arms in place while the disk is off. Wihle off, the heads on a notebook HD are parked off the disk.