Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > Recently I noticed that an old drive is clicking 3 or 4 times when it is > powered up. Thereafter is stays quiet. I think it is a mechanical fault, > because I placed the box on its side and the drive did not click when booting > up. > > I ran smartctl short/long/conveyance tests and no errors are reported. > > In your experience is this something to concern myself with? There is not > business critical data on the drive at present.
I have found that if SMART reports a error, it is good to replace it as soon as you can. When a drive makes a noise that isn't normal, that's also a sign that you need to replace it. If you google around for that model of drive, you may can find where others have had the same and they shed some light on what happened, it died, it ran for ages and is normal or something else. Right now, backups would be a good idea. Doing some drive shopping would to unless google turns up something that says it is nothing to worry about, doubtful tho. Dale :-) :-)
