Annoying hard disk whine
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We have around 50 Dell pc's here @ work and I've noticed that 6 of them make a really annoying (and loud) whinning noise (and no, it's not the user ).
I've tracked it down to the hard disks and since they are all identical with the same make/model of hard disk, I'm thinking of asking Dell to replace them under warranty.
Do you think it's a reasonable complaint?
Stefan
I've tracked it down to the hard disks and since they are all identical with the same make/model of hard disk, I'm thinking of asking Dell to replace them under warranty.
Do you think it's a reasonable complaint?
Stefan
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The Dell workstations do have S.M.A.R.T. enabled drives and I run the OpenManage software to monitor the hardware. Nothing has been reported on any of the PC's, but the disks are noticeably louder than the others.
Last Monday one of the users said "I switched my pc on this morning and it's started making a funny noise; it was fine on Friday". Seems to be the standard symptons - one minute it's fine, but you can switch it off and when you turn it back on it's starts whinning away
I'll phone Dell this afternoon and see what they say.
Stefan
Last Monday one of the users said "I switched my pc on this morning and it's started making a funny noise; it was fine on Friday". Seems to be the standard symptons - one minute it's fine, but you can switch it off and when you turn it back on it's starts whinning away
I'll phone Dell this afternoon and see what they say.
Stefan
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