Hi guys!
I own a Sony Vaio S Series laptop (specs: http://www.sony.co.uk/product/vaio-s-series/vpcsb1v9e). My problem is a weird "clicking" sound coming from where the hard drive and RAM are located.
I know, you are probably thinking "the hard drive is dying!". I thought so too but I can't explain why the laptop makes this sound only when idle (or when I'm doing simple things like reading a pdf or browsing the internet) and never when I'm copying files or watching a movie.
And there is also this: when the laptop is idle, with Windows 7 it does it every 2 minutes if plugged-in, every 30 seconds if not plugged-in. With Linux (Ubuntu or Mint Cinnamon) it never does it when plugged-in and every 1 minute when not plugged-in.
I'm far from being an expert in hardware, so I'm asking you: is this the normal "dying process" of an hard drive? It looks strange to me...
If not, what could it be the problem? It's no big deal alright (and I can always make it disappear by playing a movie in background), but I'm curious and a bit worried that it could really be an hard drive failure.
Thanks!
I own a Sony Vaio S Series laptop (specs: http://www.sony.co.uk/product/vaio-s-series/vpcsb1v9e). My problem is a weird "clicking" sound coming from where the hard drive and RAM are located.
I know, you are probably thinking "the hard drive is dying!". I thought so too but I can't explain why the laptop makes this sound only when idle (or when I'm doing simple things like reading a pdf or browsing the internet) and never when I'm copying files or watching a movie.
And there is also this: when the laptop is idle, with Windows 7 it does it every 2 minutes if plugged-in, every 30 seconds if not plugged-in. With Linux (Ubuntu or Mint Cinnamon) it never does it when plugged-in and every 1 minute when not plugged-in.
I'm far from being an expert in hardware, so I'm asking you: is this the normal "dying process" of an hard drive? It looks strange to me...
If not, what could it be the problem? It's no big deal alright (and I can always make it disappear by playing a movie in background), but I'm curious and a bit worried that it could really be an hard drive failure.
Thanks!
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