Vostro Beep and HD Parking?
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Vostro Beep and HD Parking?
Hiya this has been happening for a while and is getting on my nerves now.
Every few seconds or so I get a beep from the hard drive and I can hear it what I'm assuming is parking.
Having read a fair few posts from various places the parking is either fatal or maybe not, some say it is, some say the disk was designed that way.
Has anyone here had a similar problem with their laptop?
Thanks
Andy
Every few seconds or so I get a beep from the hard drive and I can hear it what I'm assuming is parking.
Having read a fair few posts from various places the parking is either fatal or maybe not, some say it is, some say the disk was designed that way.
Has anyone here had a similar problem with their laptop?
Thanks
Andy
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Re: Vostro Beep and HD Parking?
The first thing to do - and immediately - is to back up your data! Back up!
If it is the hard drive that makes the noice it's failing - or the disk controller
See if you can borrow another disk (with any Linux or a Windows for that model) and put it in there shortly to check if the behavior is disk or computer specific
If it is the hard drive that makes the noice it's failing - or the disk controller
See if you can borrow another disk (with any Linux or a Windows for that model) and put it in there shortly to check if the behavior is disk or computer specific
Re: Vostro Beep and HD Parking?
If you have a laptop use:
Change the /dev/sda with what your harddrive is called. This will hopefully reduce the load on the hard drive, but your battery life might suffer from it..
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sudo hdparm -B254 /dev/sda
Re: Vostro Beep and HD Parking?
I agree to that hdparm but if the behavior has "just started" I still feel it's a failing disk
Once you've backed up, you could try the hdparm solution.
Be warned hdparm can destroy your disk used the wrong way - very powerful command
Once you've backed up, you could try the hdparm solution.
Be warned hdparm can destroy your disk used the wrong way - very powerful command
Re: Vostro Beep and HD Parking?
I just know that due to some ACPI stuff Linux on laptops often causes quite "aggressive" cycles to the harddrive, and it is quite audible. You can also look at this to see if the disk is about to fail. You need smartmontools installed though:
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sudo aptitude install smartmontools
Re: Vostro Beep and HD Parking?
Yes there's a thread somewhere in the forum with the title Ubuntu destroys laptop hard drives or something like it.
But he/she writes
But he/she writes
I don't have a lappy with Mint (well - one that's really crappy ) so ...Every few seconds or so
Re: Vostro Beep and HD Parking?
i used the hdparm and it's stopped beeping but when booting up and loading apps the drive makes a different noise, more like a hd noise now.
When you say parm can destroy you drive if used incorrectly, how should i use it?
After reading what seems to be a million topics on this on dell forums it is the same (problem?) with xp too, and a program can be used to change that thing to 254 to stop the beeping and other thing.
I dont think it is a failing drive as i only got this lappy in january and many other people who mentioned this bought there's recently too.
It seems from what they are saying that the drive is meant to do this beeping crap but that is just hearsay.
Thanks anyways though, if the drive does fail i'll get dell to replace it, no probs with losing data, save to dvd's most weeks.
Much appreciated.
When you say parm can destroy you drive if used incorrectly, how should i use it?
After reading what seems to be a million topics on this on dell forums it is the same (problem?) with xp too, and a program can be used to change that thing to 254 to stop the beeping and other thing.
I dont think it is a failing drive as i only got this lappy in january and many other people who mentioned this bought there's recently too.
It seems from what they are saying that the drive is meant to do this beeping crap but that is just hearsay.
Thanks anyways though, if the drive does fail i'll get dell to replace it, no probs with losing data, save to dvd's most weeks.
Much appreciated.
Re: Vostro Beep and HD Parking?
the advice on hdparm you got from MagnusB is ok, but you can actually destroy your disk with wrong parameters.
Adjust and live with it...
It's just that I got a bit worried when it happened so often...
Adjust and live with it...
It's just that I got a bit worried when it happened so often...
Re: Vostro Beep and HD Parking?
I get an aggressive cycle when I shut down, other than that it works pretty ok. I also run -B254 each time I boot up, but that might just be me being paranoid. And hdparm is quite a powerful tool, so careless use could be harmful, especially if you don't know what you are doing. But changing the APM settings should be safe, and if you are not using HP, and actually have a BIOS you can do something with, you can change it in BIOS as well (not all though).Andy Mack wrote:i used the hdparm and it's stopped beeping but when booting up and loading apps the drive makes a different noise, more like a hd noise now.
When you say parm can destroy you drive if used incorrectly, how should i use it?
After reading what seems to be a million topics on this on dell forums it is the same (problem?) with xp too, and a program can be used to change that thing to 254 to stop the beeping and other thing.
I dont think it is a failing drive as i only got this lappy in january and many other people who mentioned this bought there's recently too.
It seems from what they are saying that the drive is meant to do this beeping crap but that is just hearsay.
Thanks anyways though, if the drive does fail i'll get dell to replace it, no probs with losing data, save to dvd's most weeks.
Much appreciated.
Re: Vostro Beep and HD Parking?
Can I run sudo hdparm -B254 /dev/sda2 automatically on boot or not? If so, how?
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I guess so, I have never really tried to figure that out...