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Written by Thireus   
Monday, 25 May 2009 16:27
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If like me you have noticed that your Hard Drive is making *Clunk* noises, then you should be warned that it can be dangerous if it makes it very often.

Here are two methods to kill these *Clunk* noises!

Example of *Clunk* noise: HEAR ME

If like me you have noticed that your Hard Drive is making *Clunk* noises, then you should be warned that it can be dangerous if it makes it very often. Why? Because it parks the reading head hardly into a safe area to preserve your hard drive data if your computer falls down for example. This parking system is also a power saving system, because when the head is parked your hard drive is not running anymore.

But basically on our eeepcs and other notebooks, this power managing is not working as expected, that means the head is parked but the hard drive activity is not frozen, so it makes the park again and again... until you ask the hard drive to read or write on the drive.

The first method you can find over the internet to fix it is to get an application called:

hadmp --> http://mckinlay.net.nz/hdapm/

apm_not_supported.png But for some reasons this method doesn't work on my eeepc 1000h due to hard drive compatibility :/

Thus I have created a daemon that launches after every boot and kill these Clunk by asking the Hard Drive to stay alive Smile

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You can get this hack HERE


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Xenomorph
2009-08-12 20:55:05
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Hard drive engineers swear the clicking (or parking of the heads) does not wear out a drive prematurely. Only theoretical negatives are known (no real-world data proves any possible damage).
However, the constant parking (every so many seconds) does reduce the chance of head crash if the system is dropped. So supposedly the only downside of the clicking is the minor annoyance, but the plus side is that it could help the drive in case of a fall.

I tried "fixing" this on my Windows-based laptop. I Fujitsu engineer tried to set me straight on the issue.

You can see my page on it at:
http://xenomorph.net/?page_id=672

Thireus
2009-08-12 21:16:14
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Thank you for this info, I already know that Smile

The major problem is that with our eeepc & MacOS installed on it the head does not really park Very Happy

In fact it just hit the parking area and cause these *clunk* noises, then go back on the hard drive immediately and does that every 5sec if idle. :/ So these parking are useless as the head does not stay into the parking area.

But don't worry I'm still looking for a solution that can keep the head into the parking area when the drive is idle Wink

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 September 2009 12:38