On Nov 12, 10:21 pm, kony <s...@spam.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:11:25 -0800, kimiraikkonen
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> <kimiraikkone...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Sudden deceleration of the motor may cause a beep-like
> >> sound, if it only happens when you turn the system off then
> >> I wouldn't worry about it. A more conservative answer might
> >> be not to risk data when there is anything at all that draws
> >> your attention but I've had a few drives that did make a
> >> similar sound when powering off and none that I recall had
> >> died shortly thereafter (though eventually, I can't recall
> >> as the noise didn't seem to correspond to failure with one
> >> exception which was a drive that made that sound because it
> >> was failing while running and would keep cutting out it's
> >> motor to cause the spin-down instead of it being
> >> deliberately powered off).
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> >Yes, it only comes when system / hdd powers down, comes completely
> >from HDD, highly possible from motor. But i've been using that disk
> >for more than 3 years and power-on hours is about 9 months(Smart
> >value). Usually it comes, sometimes it doesn't(When there's no
> >excessive read/write operation)
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> >I also check integrity of drive with Seatools passed OK.
>
> >So what would be your final conclusion words?
>
> A drive can die at any time, even from another cause not
> related to a beeping sound, so the safest answer is to back
> up your data now and consider how valuable it is that the
> system be as reliable as possible. If that highest
> reliability level is really important then replace the
> drive, and if not, keep using it after making a backup of
> the data.
>
> 9 months of power-on hours isn't very long, the drive ought
> to have a few more years of life at this period of use but
> again a drive can fail at any time and the older it gets
> past a couple years old, the more likely. Well actually
> infant mortality is also bad for hard drives but it is past
> this age.
>
> I wish I could predict if it's going to fail some month soon
> but there's no way to know unless you see smart values
> changing significantly, which you could choose to monitor if
> there is software available for your OS. I don't know which
> Smart monitoring utility is the best but Google searches
> will find a few.

I usually monitor:

Some SMART values reached to a bit critical level but a lot of SMART
softwares say it's OK?

My SMART values which are in danger, said by HDTune:

ID Attribute Description Threshold Value Worst Data Status
05 Reallocated Sector Count 36 98 98 98 OK: Value is normal

ID Attribute Description Threshold Value Worst Data Status
0A Spin Retry Count 97 100 100 0 OK: Value is normal


But i was hearing that sound *only* when HDD powers off motor. Since
the first day i purchased the drive, it never failed or stopped,
there's some this-like threads on the net which are experienced when
shutting down using Ubuntu/Linux OS, but i only used Windows XP and
2000 Pro with that drive.

If it was about OS related, it must apply to all same-model drives
around the world with the same OS (Windows).

Is there a possibility for a faulty south-bridge IDE controller of
Motherboard? Though i never had any controller error messages (event
logs) or difficulties for that drive?...

Meanwhile, have you checked (downloaded) the sound that i posted in my
first message?

Thanks.