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Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ?

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On 2020-07-25 02:16, Thomas Schmitt wrote:

> David Christensen wrote:
>> Click of death.
> 
> At least this is the reality which i will present to the disk vendor
> while negotiating about replacement.
> 
> But personally i still have doubts that it is this particular problem.
> The knocking is not "Click-click-click" as described in the web, but
> rather "Pok" ... 3 or 4 seconds ... "Pok" ...

That description sounds similar enough to what I heard from my failing 
HDD's.  Their sound was a metal-on-metal "click".  Your drive, being 
"enterprise", may have a shock absorber that muffles the sound.


David

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Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-07-24 20:50 +0200
  Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-07-24 21:10 +0200
    Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? Thomas Amm <debili@open-email.net> - 2020-07-25 00:50 +0200
  Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-07-24 21:10 +0200
  Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-07-24 21:20 +0200
    Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-07-24 21:30 +0200
      Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-07-24 23:40 +0200
        Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-07-25 00:30 +0200
        Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-07-25 04:40 +0200
        Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-07-25 10:40 +0200
          Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-07-25 15:40 +0200
            Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-07-25 16:30 +0200
            Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-07-25 16:30 +0200
              Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-07-25 17:30 +0200
                Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-07-25 17:40 +0200
              Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-07-25 23:20 +0200
                Update: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-08-20 13:50 +0200
                Re: Update: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-08-20 14:20 +0200
                Re: Update: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-08-20 22:10 +0200
      Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-07-25 11:20 +0200
        Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-07-25 11:50 +0200
        Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-07-25 22:40 +0200
  Re: Do other owners of WD Gold disks hear a periodic plonk ? elvis <elvis@dogonfire.com> - 2020-07-25 00:50 +0200

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