Re: Loud "pop" coming from hard drive on reboot


On Apr 18 2007 09:39, Stephen Clark wrote:

So this is the pop I hear on my new laptop that is using
libata=combined_mode when I shut my system down. I didn't get the
pop with the same disk drive in an older laptop that was only ide.
It sounds like a relay closing or opening, but is really my drive
head doing an emergency retract/park?

Most(?) disks' heads are spring-/power-based so that whenever
they lose power, the spring retracts the head back to the park zone.

Whether it is the disk head or something else.. take out the disk,
and retry. Might not be that easy with laptops, though.


Jan
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