[Ti] clicking noise

[John Griffin]

On  Tue, 25 Feb 2003 14:41:38 -0500 cbirds <cbirds at earthlink.net> wrote:

>> A while back I had posted to the list asking about hard disk clicking,
>> which is what I think was making the noise on my computer.  Well I used
>> Disk Warrior and it didn't find any errors, but found many permission
>> errors that I fixed.  Would that cause my HD to hang and lock up my
>> system?
>
>
> I'm having this on startup but with a Wallstreet OS 9... repeated even
> clicking I think my friend, means we need new HDs..Back up your stuff!

Before doing that, be aware that many of the earlier TiPBs have IBM
Travelstar drives that are known to make clicking sounds every few seconds
for no apparent reason.

One solution is to download APM Tuner and push the slider to the right. It
quiets the drive right down.

jg