Scorpios Clicking?

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jackylman
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Scorpios Clicking?

Post by jackylman » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:17 am

I'm about to buy a Scorpio 40GB w/8 MB cache. I've read through all the threads and some indicate it may click.

So I need to know from firsthand experience, do they (audibly) click?

I'm probably just going to sit it on a piece of foam on the bottom of the 5.25" drive bay. (Antec S3000B)
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Re: Scorpios Clicking?

Post by Shining Arcanine » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:20 am

jackylman wrote:I'm about to buy a Scorpio 40GB w/8 MB cache. I've read through all the threads and some indicate it may click.

So I need to know from firsthand experience, do they (audibly) click?

I'm probably just going to sit it on a piece of foam on the bottom of the 5.25" drive bay. (Antec S3000B)
Mine did but then I flashed its firmware and the random every 9 second clicking noise disappeared.
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Post by JazzJackRabbit » Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:34 am

Yes, there was a thread or two about it. I have 80Gb scorpio that clicked. I flashed it with dell firmware and the clicking disappeared.
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Post by Edward Ng » Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:44 am

Mine doesn't click, fwiw...
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Post by jackylman » Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:58 am

Thanks everyone.
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