Seagate Barracuda 4TB HDD weird "Click"

[Tennobyte]

I searched this question in internet, i found some articles about "click of death" but... Give a me a hope if that is not it.

The Problem:
I have two of exact those drives, they are used as auxilliary, the system is located on some Toshiba P300 HDD which has no such sounds. (Ye i'm using HDD instead of SSD, bear with it)
They are not used oftenly, and most of time they are 0% load in task manager.
But sometimes devils wakes up in those drives and makes it "Click", the click is pretty strong, I mean, it's very sensitible through casing, and pretty loud.
The Disk is not used, however the "click" appear. The click can be characterized as single head knock in each ~10 seconds. If I unplug SATA connector during disk clicking, it will stop clicking and annoying me.
Also, both of disks click at the EXACT same time, they are both! First disc, then in few miliseconds equal to avg ingame ping time second disc.
Those Drives SMART in "CrystalDiskInfo" is (GOOD), hard disk sentinel (GOOD), and in victoria is "Unideal" (I think it's because of Seek Error Rate that is same for all seagate drives)
Drives has no problems with no data access, write and read cycles. No corrupted files. It behaves as average SMR drive would be.

Maybe, just maybe, those drives will work for 5 years without problems and i'm overreacting, but this click is obviously is not 100% perfectly normal, and is annoying.

I also aware of Seagate "Seatools" software. It also says everything gud.

 

[Tennobyte]

Maybe it will tell you something, Firmware looks weird.

Pro mining crypto 3000 firmware

 

[Bruce]

How old are the drives, and when did this click start happening?

If the drives aren't used often, is there is reason why are they left plugged in?
Why not only connect them when needed?
Anything mechanical, if in use, is wearing out.

 

[Tennobyte]

Drives i bought used. From hands. They are 2021 year 6 Jan manufactured. They are SATA drives. not some external USB

 

[Bruce]

not some external USB

Ah, alright then.
And when did the clicking start?
Not that it matters really.

You only have two choices;

• ignore the click and use as normal
• assume it is the start of the end and replace them

If you continue to use them, make sure you are regularly backing up any important data on them (and on any of your drives for that matter).

 

[Tennobyte]

I'm too irritable to ignore this. This makes my Jabba suffer. (I literally was typing smh and it got removed by chrome lag, perfect)
Click didn't started instantly after buying drives used.
Also, i'm kind of fearless to risk and dumb at the same time, the best idea i've got is to unplug the drive, shake it in mid air, and carefully plug back.
This **** worked for like 1 month until i touched this fragile thing again when cleaning my PC.
(I did that only for one of these two drives, but both of them behaving identical)

 

[Tennobyte]

Additional info, i've tried fancy function called "Spindown" in the seatools. The drive instantly started up because of opened task manager (monitoring drives) but, it gave me exactly one, same "Click". No more no less. I think these constant click may be a initialization? But what causes it? Uhhh my head...

 

[PeterOz]

Your drives sound like they are on the way out.
As long as you are using the computer the drives are spinning.
It does not matter if you are writing/reading from the drives.

 

[Bruce]

There is a question mark over why they were sold in the first place.
Another question over their method of transport to you.
Even when the drive heads are parked, they are still not immune to a high enough drop, or high G-forces.
Maybe also stop "shaking it in mid air".

Drives are cheap - 4TB for AUD$140.
For drives you seldom use, maybe you only need to replace one - or neither!

 

[Tennobyte]

There is a question mark over why they were sold in the first place.
Another question over their method of transport to you.
Even when the drive heads are parked, they are still not immune to a high enough drop, or high G-forces.
Maybe also stop "shaking it in mid air".

Drives are cheap - 4TB for AUD$140.
For drives you seldom use, maybe you only need to replace one - or neither!

There is a question mark over why they were sold in the first place.

Sometimes people need money over some parts. Good people exists too. I also contacted seller about this thing, he said he can easily replace 4TB drive for Western Digital 4TB one (which is more expensive).

Another question over their method of transport to you.

I've never used online marketplaces, only real life meeting. Got that drives from hand to hand.

This PC forum and you kind of disappointed me. I've found the reason of these clicks and fancy but working solution for it on other forums. The exact same problem and explanation of it.

Why are you yapping about drive death

Sir backupper drive fuсkupper.

 

[Bruce]

The messenger of bad news is not your enemy.
Be mindful of this when you do not receive the information you desire.

Consider that they are not the architect of your frustration, and that your frustration is merely a reaction to present events; an emotional response that you should accept and control.
Acknowledge your frustration and why you are feeling frustrated.

Contemplate the best way to navigate this setback to best meet your immediate and future goals. If you apply this to future threads, you will be better able to move past further advice that may differ from yours.

 

[Bruce]

Please be aware of Forum Rule #5; https://pchelpforum.net/help/terms/

 

[PeterOz]

I've found the reason of these clicks and fancy but working solution for it on other forums

If you have found the answer why don't you post the solution so we and others can learn.

 

[Bruce]

OP logged in Tuesday with no response.
Will close thread.