[Turbogolfnet]

Every minute or so I can hear the hard drive in my mini make a "boing" sound. It sounds like the head is parking and then being released. This sucks if it is the case since the mini was bought just the other day.

[Turbogolfnet]

Originally posted by Turbogolfnet:
Every minute or so I can hear the hard drive in my mini make a "boing" sound. It sounds like the head is parking and then being released. This sucks if it is the case since the mini was bought just the other day.

I just ran "disk verify" and "repair disk" from the disk utility on the install dvd and no errors were found. I still don't know if this means that the disk is OK.

[turtle777]

check out this link to learn about the disk's SMART status:

-t

[Turbogolfnet]

Originally posted by turtle777:
check out this link to learn about the disk's SMART status:

-t

Link?

[turtle777]

Originally posted by Turbogolfnet:
Link?

Duh

Sorry, here it is...

http://aplawrence.com/Reviews/smartvue.html

-t

[SmileyDude]

for those comfortable with the command line, I've been installing smartmontools on every OS X machine I have. It has a daemon that will run the self tests on a nightly basis, and is a nice thing to have incase you start running into a problem.

once it's installed, you can do a smartctl -a /dev/disk0 and get the list of the self tests that have been done, and their status. For example, on my work machine:

MART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 6541 -
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 6519 -
# 3 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 6498 -
# 4 Short offline Completed without error 00% 6496 -
# 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 6474 -
# 6 Short offline Completed without error 00% 6452 -
# 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 6429 -
# 8 Short offline Completed without error 00% 6407 -
# 9 Short offline Completed without error 00% 6385 -
#10 Short offline Completed without error 00% 6362 -
#11 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 6342 -
#12 Short offline Completed without error 00% 6340 -
#13 Short offline Completed without error 00% 6318 -
#14 Short offline Completed without error 00% 6295 -
#15 Short offline Completed without error 00% 6273 -
#16 Short offline Completed without error 00% 6251 -
#17 Short offline Completed without error 00% 6228 -
#18 Short offline Completed without error 00% 6206 -
#19 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 6185 -
#20 Short offline Completed without error 00% 6183 -
#21 Short offline Completed without error 00% 6161 -

I've currently got it running on a PM G5 at work, a iMac G3 and a mini at home -- works like a champ

[pibble]

Originally posted by Turbogolfnet:
Every minute or so I can hear the hard drive in my mini make a "boing" sound. It sounds like the head is parking and then being released. This sucks if it is the case since the mini was bought just the other day.

I've run into similar issues on my PC when I was having power supply problems. It was giving low voltage on the +5V rail. In my case a new power supply fixed the problem. I don't have my Mini yet, but I believe they have an external AC->DC power brick. If your problem doesn't go away, perhaps you can try swapping the power brick with someone else's or at an Apple service center.

[elvis2000]

Originally posted by Turbogolfnet:
Every minute or so I can hear the hard drive in my mini make a "boing" sound. It sounds like the head is parking and then being released. This sucks if it is the case since the mini was bought just the other day.

This is normal. My Powerbook did the same thing, then my Mini.

P.S. My Mini is for Sale (1.42GHz, 512MB, 80GB, Superdrive, Bluetooth)