Re: Samsung SP1604N - making strange noise but passes diagnostic (hutil) test.

jboriii@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote

I have two Samsung SP1604N hard drives. One master
with the OS (C) on it and the other used just for files (D).

I started to hear a whining sound from on of them.

All the time, or only when trying to use the drive ?

When this happened the computer would freeze
for a few seconds. PC started to slow down a lot
also. I presumed the problem was with the C drive.

So, I burned some DVD's and deleted some files so the
D drive was empty. I then did a clean install of the OS on
D and formatted C and made it the slave, drive D. And,
all is fine now - no more noise or freezes.

I decided to run the Samsung diagnostic program - hutil
(http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/hutil.htm) on
drive D,orginally C !

The drive passed all tests.

Post the Everest SMART stats for both drives.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181

I presume this happened because the drive was just starting to go bad.
I had intended to send it back to Samsung which obviously I can't do now.

Anyone got any suggestions?

Only once you post the SMART data.

Is there any way I could could put drive D
through it's paces so it will die a quick death?

Yes, you can run a drive exerciser on the drive.
Or the SMART self test.

Or should I just put it in the bin?

Depends on the SMART data.


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