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"T-cal" noise in 160GB Seagate notebook drive???
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Etnier
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Feb 7, 2007, 01:53 PM
 
I have just installed a Seagate ST9160821A PATA 160GB notebook drive into a PBG4. It makes a noticeable mechanical click (almost a clank) every several seconds while the computer's on. Reminds me of the "T-cal" sound I used to hear from older drives, but I thought that was long-gone.

Is this normal? Should I worry? Sure is irritating...
     
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Feb 7, 2007, 03:34 PM
 
Sounds bad. Is it a used drive? Was it bumped or jostled or knocked about while on at any time?

Seagate drives have a five-year warranty. If it's still under warranty, just get an advance RMA on a replacement drive, copy your data over, and send back the faulty one.

You could pull the drive and hook it up to a Windows machine to run Seagate's diagnostic tools...
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Etnier  (op)
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Feb 8, 2007, 02:57 AM
 
It's a brand new drive in OEM packaging: no reason to suspect unusual handling.

In a 1.5GHz Powerbook G4 (PowerBook5,6), the drive should be jumpered as a Master, right? I couldn't decipher the jumpers on the existing drive: no chart visible.
     
   
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