December 15th 09, 03:23 AM
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WD15EADS grinding - hardware or firmware??
BD wrote
I recently bought a WD15EADS 1.5TB 'Green' disk made by Western Digital.
I plugged it in, on a SATA docking unit that I use.
I did some writing to it. After the write activity stopped, the heads
kept on grinding. Even after I did a soft-disconnect of the drive
and just left it plugged into the dock, the grinding continued.
I did some digging, and found a forum post in which the poster
described similar symptoms, and actually recorded the sound
the drive makes. This is pretty much exactly what I'm hearing:
http://boomboost.com/example/wd15eads_bad.mp3
I don't know whether this is a firmware issue and can perhaps
be fixed with a firmware update (can I even flash the firmware on
these drives??), or if it's a hardware problem requiring an RMA.
See what WD has to say about it.
Opinions or insights would be appreciated!!
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