Hdd Making Click Noise When Turning On Ps2

kris_melero · 08-02-2004,01:24 AM

Is it normal for the hd to make a kinda loud clicking noise once when i turn on my ps2? please help

**Den Leiw** · 08-02-2004,01:50 AM

i guess it's normal

my maxtor 80gb does that too

**Zero_Z** · 08-02-2004,02:03 AM

Hmm... clicking noises in a hard drive usually happens when the system in the drive is having trouble locking on the servo, causing the actuator to hit the crash stops while it looks for data or starts up. Eventually your platter would damage and your drive would send out inconsistent data. You should back up your games to another hard drive before that one complely fails.

MBQuart · 08-15-2004,12:10 PM

Originally Posted by kris_melero

Is it normal for the hd to make a kinda loud clicking noise once when i turn on my ps2? please help

FYI: I too was getting this HDD click when my PS2 would power up. It concerned me. I'm happy to report that after installing the Sony HDD Utility V1.10 software, my HDD no longer clicks when I power up.

However, you have to have a DMS3 chip installed to enable ATAD patching in order to install the Sony HDD tools to a non-sony HDD.

Hope this helps.

-MBQuart

**H3llsing** · 08-15-2004,06:30 PM

I have a new Hitachi 60 GB and the first day it make this noise, so that mean that it will fail because it don't use $ony's drivers/tools ?

**Lunovus** · 08-15-2004,07:36 PM

Don´t think so, its normal for a HDD in a PS2 to click once at startup.
My original $ony HDD does it too, for now over 3 years without any problems whatsoever.
Don´t worry.

HTH

Lunovus

**HELLTICK** · 08-15-2004,07:49 PM

I have a few ps2 formatted hdd's...and they all click...It clicks on at startup then clicks off...clicks on again at ps2-menuk then stays on from there.

**H3llsing** · 08-16-2004,01:22 AM

Kind of, off topic: And how long can HDD drive last In the ps2? and Why it can fail?

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