Posts by malicious9

Hey suddste23 and gen. Did you guys try out Centrino Hardware Control program? Gen I also have a hitachi 5k100 and in an earlier post (within this thread) I mentioned how I fixed my clicking noise through that program.

Oh I see. Kind of silly how I didn't even know what model my harddrive was - but from the way dell distributes the 9300 models I don't recall being told what model I had (it seems random I think..). But anyways it's reached the 1-2 hour...

I think I have the right hard drive because my drive is listed in the little file thing with comes with the firmware. Hitachi HTS541080G9AT00 in device manager. But actually I do have some good news (not geico-related) and I hope this...

Hey thanks for your help 732. I tried all of those commands again but unfortunately it still won't let me update and the clicking noise is still ever present. When I did /U I the got the following output: Checking drive 0 (device 0 on...

Actually my curiosity and desire to get rid of this annoying noise got the better of me and I tried to do the stuff you suggested. Unfortunately even after changing A61A -> A5HA RAM and leaving 9AAA3CF1H for the only thing underneath...

Hey 737 thanks for the reply I'll give that stuff a try later. I have some exams coming up so been busy studying for those. Anyways hopefully I can repay ur help -- from what I understand I think you might've upgraded to the wrong bin...

Hello first off thanks for everyone who was contributed to this great thread. I'm another Dell Inspirion 9300 user and I also have the clicking noise with my hitachi 80 gig (5400 rpm i think?) hdd. So far gathering from what everyone...

Here's a crazy idea if you're interested in trying it: How about you set up a kind of sting operation where you have a friend with a laptop bag go back to that same bar and do the same thing you did, where you stepped outside for a...