-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Adam Hardy wrote: > Joe Hart on 24/04/07 15:51, wrote: >> Adam Hardy wrote: >>> harddrives are making a disconcerting >>> clicking noise every 5 to 25 seconds at random - it sounds a bit like a >>> metronome, if it wasn't so irregular. >>> >>> What I'm wondering, is whether it's etch reading or writing and the >>> noise is the disc spinning up or the heads engaging. >>> >>> I've configured the machine to run as a proxy gateway for my network >>> with a firewall, but also with KDE, although that's not running as I sit >>> here now listening to it. I shut down a few of the daemons that I >>> thought might be causing it, but it carries on regardless. >>> >>> As well as being disconcerting, it's also an issue because I want to use >>> this as a media center as well, and the last thing I want is some >>> constant clicking noise. [snip] >> Do you really think it is wise to use the laptop as a do-it-all machine >> like you're planning? > > There's loads of RAM - 2 gigs. I ended up with only the networking > services (dhcpd, iptables etc) running, I stopped everything else. The > noises continued until I powered down. I left it for a while and when I > came back and booted the machine, the noise was no longer occuring. > Strikes me as a hardware problem now. > > Regarding your question, the main priority is to have the machine run > efficiently, i.e. low power consumption, low heat output, low noise, > 24x7, acting as a server and internet gateway. About 1/4 of the time > though it will be used to play music, dvds, surf the web etc. > > Whether that's a bad idea with this hardware setup should make itself > apparent fairly quickly. It doesn't seem such a bad thing to me - but I > admit I have little experience with laptops. > > The main thing I'm worried about is overheating which in the short term > will cause the intel cpu to drop its speed deliberately. In the long > term if it runs hot all the time, the cpu just won't last as long. I > intend to keep an eye on it. > > > Adam > >
Well, it sounds like you laptop is better than my desktop that I use for pretty much the same things that you're doing, but I don't run it 24/7, every once in a while it gets turned off. I'm pleased to hear that the noise stopped, but I would still click on the link provided by yag (in this thread). I wish you the best of luck. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD4DBQFGLl7ZiXBCVWpc5J4RAkh1AJYlW73+J9kQlIobxcRHb2IsugPQAKCTX36F UfdXX1+KPRdsN+S0vHkXLQ== =kHFU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
