I think your disk is broken.
On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 2:32 PM, Philip Ashmore <cont...@philipashmore.com> wrote: > Hi there. > > I managed to record it using my laptops built-in microphone. > > To those who would prefer a description: > It starts fast and slows down. I opened the file with Audacity and > determined the intervals to be 0.1, 0.3, 0.6, 10, 15 seconds, then it > repeats. > > It sounds like some kind of protocol negotiation algorithm that requires a > disk sync when the polling time doubles. > > Here's a link for your listening pleasure: > https://www.dropbox.com/s/apdr1o056tam5ie/click.wav?dl=0 > > I'm hoping it's some cron job, or DropBox, Trinity Desktop, wifi, smart > disk status monitoring, nVidia, Intel, ... not a virus trying to phone home. > > I'm really hoping that someone reading this will go "oh that thing" and > know what it is instantly. > > Curiously it doesn't happen every day. > > Regards, > Philip Ashmore > > -- Jhoanir Torres
