Normal noise?

[edc64]

I just installed a new Maxtor 80 gig 8mb cache hard drive and it makes a ton of noise, (crunchy clicking type), sounds like some of the real old 2 gig drives I used to have, is this normal for these drives or do I have a bad one?

[Cricket]

No, the drive shouldn't be that noisy...unless it's one of those rebadged Quantum HDD's. But since it has 8MB cache, it's a real Maxtor.

I got a Maxtor last year that I RMA'd back to Newegg.com as soon as I heard the racket it made.

You can download the hard drive diagnostic utility to test the drive to be sure.

But I'm pretty sure you got a bad one.

:) Cricket

[Tiretool]

I would take it back to the retail outlet where you bought it if it hasn't been very long. If you bought it online... get an RMA and send it back. It may have been damaged in transit.

[edc64]

I exchanged it today, new one is quieter but still has a slight ticking noise, I can live with it.

[Cricket]

No hard drive is absolutely silent. The "ticking" noise is probably the head seeking while you're using the computer.

:) Cricket

[edc64]

No go, day two with the second hard drive, Xp hung during boot, noise is awful, date and time reset. The noise I'm talking about isn't spin noise but a crunching grinding noise like an old hard drive that is going. Anyone know if this is normal for these drives. Could it be because of the 8 MB buffer or did I get two hard bad drives in a row. I can hear the clicking it makes from my kitchen 30 feet away.

[glc]

What do you have for a power supply in that machine?

Are you using an 80 wire IDE cable with cable select jumpering?

[edc64]

Using an Enermax 350 W Whisper, using the cable supplied with drive and jumpered to master, should I set it to CS

[edc64]

Did as GLC suggested, no difference, sounds like a bike with a card in the spokes.

[newme]

take it back where you bought get them to test it if they can

[Cricket]

Wow, two bad drives in a row? Maybe that vendor got a bad batch from the manufacturer.

Those 8MB cache hard drives are pretty new and maybe there are few bugs that need to be worked out.

:) Cricket