- Oct 9, 1999
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A couple of weeks ago I got a new hard drive for some mass storage (Seagate archive 8TB). It worked perfectly fine -- speeds were normal and it passed any test I ran it through. However, with total regularity it made a seeking/clicking noise every 5 seconds. And the pattern of noise is the same every time: DOOT--- DOOT-DOOT (wait 5 seconds) DOOT--- DOOT-DOOT (repeat)
This only happened when it was idling. When I copied files to and from the drive it stopped making those noises. I read that regular noises like that could be a sign of imminent failure, so I figured it was a bad drive.
I returned it, got a new different drive (HGST 6TB), and now this one does the same damned thing! A regular noise every 5 seconds when idle, except the pattern of noise is different -- it's just a single DOOT every 5 sec.
I have 5 other drives in the system (3 SSD and 2 mechanical) and the other mechanical drives don't exhibit this behavior. It's all running on the 6 SATA ports on my Asus Z-170A motherboard.
It even makes these noises when sitting in the bios, so I don't think it's anything in Windows 10 causing it. I've tried moving the drive to a different SATA port with the same results.
Am I that unlucky that I got 2 different drives with the exact same problem? Or could something else be causing it to do this?
This only happened when it was idling. When I copied files to and from the drive it stopped making those noises. I read that regular noises like that could be a sign of imminent failure, so I figured it was a bad drive.
I returned it, got a new different drive (HGST 6TB), and now this one does the same damned thing! A regular noise every 5 seconds when idle, except the pattern of noise is different -- it's just a single DOOT every 5 sec.
I have 5 other drives in the system (3 SSD and 2 mechanical) and the other mechanical drives don't exhibit this behavior. It's all running on the 6 SATA ports on my Asus Z-170A motherboard.
It even makes these noises when sitting in the bios, so I don't think it's anything in Windows 10 causing it. I've tried moving the drive to a different SATA port with the same results.
Am I that unlucky that I got 2 different drives with the exact same problem? Or could something else be causing it to do this?