On Mon, 2013-10-21 at 20:50 +0200, Markus Falb wrote:
> On 21.Okt.2013, at 19:48, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> 
> > FWIW when gvfs wakes up the
> > drive, this doesn't cause a click noise, only a drive that is close to
> > it's death makes this noise, when the heads are released.
> 
> Putting a harddisk to sleep and wake it up does not make a click noise. Only 
> thing it does is beginning to rotate, or stop.
> But putting a harddisk to sleep is not the same as parking it's heads. These 
> are two different functions. Normal sleep does not automatically involve 
> parking it's heads, AFAIK.
> 
> Parking the head's (or unparking them, or both) *is* making a click, albeit 
> relatively low noise.
> My experience is it's also drive dependent, some drive models make louder 
> noise than other.

I guess you're right, however, click noise might be caused by several
actions, they can be loud and silent, but regarding to the cycles of the
OP's drives I suspect it's the sound of death.


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