On Nov 12, 8:35 pm, kimiraikkonen <kimiraikkone...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 12, 10:21 pm, kony <s...@spam.com> wrote:
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> > 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).
>
> > >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)
>
> > >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.

Is it smoking? Does it smell of burning plastic? Are there sparks
shooting out of the left hand side of the box? None of these? Then
relax.....and keep the fire extinguisher handy.