HP Laptop makes clicking sound sometimes

[bsamim]

Hi, I am running ubuntu 13.04 64 bit on an HP Pavillion dv7 Im not sure if some linux process is running to cause this but sometimes the laptop will make a click sound for a second. I checked the temperature and the cores are cool using the program sensors. I am not seeing anything unusual in the system log. I am not sure what could be causing the issue. I don't remember this happening in the past. I did change the hard drive about a month ago with a brand new WD one so I don't think that should be a problem but you never know. Any ideas would be appreciated.

[hansdown]

Welcome to the forum, bsamim.

It's possible, that the WD hardrive is doing a read or write function, when the clicks happen.

[thespirit3]

It's also possible the the HD is going into a power-save mode, parking the heads periodically.

Try this from the command line and see if it temporarily stops:-

sudo hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda

If so, you can add the above command (without the sudo) to /etc/rc.local.


Steve

[bsamim]

thanks I will give that a try