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Poll Results: Clicking?

 
  • 25% (7)
    Yes Hitachi 7200
  • 75% (21)
    Nope sucks for you
28 Total Votes  
post #1 of 15
7/17/05 at 7:05pm
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Do you have a hitachi 7200 clicking hard drive? Just want to know if im a rare case now days. I did the acustic fix but see little difference. Thanks a lot.
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post #2 of 15
7/17/05 at 7:12pm
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Hm should I try to return it for a different brand?
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post #3 of 15
7/17/05 at 7:33pm
Mine clicks. I tried to get the Hitachi Feature Tool to boot but I won't. This program has fixed the clicking for some.
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post #4 of 15
7/17/05 at 7:35pm
Get DHAM (under IDE downloads) instead of the Feature Tool. It's easier to use and does the same thing. Let me know if you're successful in burning the DHAM iso file.
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post #5 of 15
7/17/05 at 7:36pm
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i tried the feature tool, it didnt change the clicking noise at all, do you just get used to it?
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post #6 of 15
7/17/05 at 9:47pm
My Hitachi has been silent from the beginning.
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post #7 of 15
7/17/05 at 10:32pm
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very weird, well I called dell and they are sending me a fujitsu instead.
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post #8 of 15
7/18/05 at 12:07am
Quote:
Originally Posted by stev310
very weird, well I called dell and they are sending me a fujitsu instead.
Mine is the 60GB. I'm not aware of any other 7200RPM brand Dell sells besides the Hitachi (60GB), or am I wrong?
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post #9 of 15
7/18/05 at 12:24am
I didn't notice any clicking sound for mine...so far so good.
Yeah...i thought Dell carries 7200rpm only from Hitachi too...
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post #10 of 15
7/18/05 at 12:33am
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ill see how it turns out, either way its not a problem
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post #11 of 15
7/18/05 at 1:38am
I have a 7200 Hitachi drive but I've never even heard the thing even when crunching. I've only had the laptop a week but I've never heard it even when it takes about a minute to compile my programs which is some serious hd activity.
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post #12 of 15
7/18/05 at 3:31pm
i have the 80 gig 5400 rpm clicking version. didnt try to fix it yet. clicking has gotten less and less. doesnt bother me now.
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post #13 of 15
7/18/05 at 3:56pm
I have the 80G 7.2K, but it does not click.
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post #14 of 15
7/18/05 at 4:19pm
Using the Centrino Hardware Control (1.9 beta 02) I have made my HD A LOT quieter! I set the Acustic Management to "quiet" and Advanced Power Management to "Max Performance."

I don't notice any decrease in performance...but I have not tried to load BF2 in yet.
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post #15 of 15
7/18/05 at 6:37pm
I've noticed some clicking in my drives, but it doesn't bother me so I leave it alone.
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