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vinceg84 · #1 Post by **vinceg84** » Fri May 25, 2007 1:54 pm

#2 Post by **gator** » Fri May 25, 2007 2:02 pm

I guess that is normal, I get it on all hard drives I use - including the ones in my USB enclosure ...

Dodge DeBoulet · #3 Post by **Dodge DeBoulet** » Fri May 25, 2007 4:47 pm

I have the same drive in my T60, and I get the same behavior. Doesn't seem to be anything to worry about . . . heads parking when the drive is idle is my guess.

Troels · #4 Post by **Troels** » Fri May 25, 2007 5:54 pm

Hehe, i thought about asking this question too and i'd have used the EXACT same description of the sound as you did.

I have these dropping marble sounds too, randomly it seems... I also have the Seagate 7200 RPM 100 GB drive the T60p originally came with.
But so far, no harm.

FRiC · #5 Post by **FRiC** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:22 pm

It's probably the thermal management working.

taob · #6 Post by **taob** » Sat May 26, 2007 8:29 pm

vinceg84 wrote:On my T60p, every so often I hear this sound under the right palm rest. The best I can describe it is like a marble dropping.

Yes, that's the perfect way to describe the sound! I am getting that too. It appears to be a characteristic of the Seagate Momentus 7200.1 ST910021AS drives. I also have a Hitachi Travelstar 7K100 HTS721010G9SA00 drive which does not make this noise.

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