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| Thread ID: 95326 | 2008-12-02 09:18:00 | Hard Drives pulsing read activity | sbowness (14287) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 725125 | 2008-12-03 18:28:00 | I wouldn't worry about it. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 725126 | 2008-12-03 20:43:00 | It worries me because the drives never shut down and are getting up to about 55-60C as a result. I would really like them to last for as long as possible and this constant activity can only be shortening their lifespan. I'm also concerned that something bad is going on that the two virus checkers cannot pick up. I've also tried to use Trendmicro's Homecall and McAfee's online checker and both of those failed to crank up. That could always be something to do with Vista though. |
sbowness (14287) | ||
| 725127 | 2008-12-04 07:05:00 | what temp is your case cooling? you may just have poor airflow through the case or around the hardrive. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 725128 | 2008-12-04 10:34:00 | It worries me because the drives never shut down and are getting up to about 55-60C as a result. I would really like them to last for as long as possible and this constant activity can only be shortening their lifespan. I'm also concerned that something bad is going on that the two virus checkers cannot pick up. I've also tried to use Trendmicro's Homecall and McAfee's online checker and both of those failed to crank up. That could always be something to do with Vista though. A hard drive is always going from the time you switch your computer on. The disks/platters are spinning at about 7500rpm. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 725129 | 2008-12-04 17:24:00 | tweak'e - the CPU is currently running at 33C. Trev - that's not quite true. These are not the C drive. I have set the Power Options for the drives to shut down after 15 minutes' inactivity. They are never inactive, so they never shut down. This was working fine until the pulsing started. I should also say that the sound of the pulsing can get quite irritating after a while. |
sbowness (14287) | ||
| 725130 | 2008-12-04 18:54:00 | What make and model HD is it. If a Seagate go to there website and download Seatools and run it. It well till you if there is something wrong with your HD. If not a Seagate go to your HD manufactuers and see if they have a diagnostic program. Also go to there forums. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 725131 | 2008-12-05 03:51:00 | Trev, I don't believe that it's hardware related. It doesn't do it in Safe Mode. I ran Seatools early in the process to see if there was anything wrong with them - no problems. |
sbowness (14287) | ||
| 725132 | 2008-12-05 23:03:00 | Have you tried disabling the windows search service? | ughnz (8297) | ||
| 725133 | 2008-12-06 04:41:00 | Yes. | sbowness (14287) | ||
| 725134 | 2008-12-06 06:49:00 | I've had Vista running for about 4 weeks. I have three SATA hard drives. A few days ago the second and third hard drives began a constant cycle of a short pulse of read activity for about half a second every 1.5 seconds. I have two Seagate SATA drives, Windows XP, and they behave as you describe - short flash about once per second. The drive light is pulsing away as I type this, and always has. The exact duration & period may depend on the actual hardware. It doesn't look like a problem if nothing else is indicating anything wrong. |
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