Buffalo LinkStation makes intermittent clicking noise

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Hi.

I recently bought 300 GB LinkStaton by Buffalo Technology. It seems to
work fine, but every hour or so, it makes a brief clicking noise similar
to the noise that computers make when they goes into power saving mode.
LinkStation does have an option for a sleep mode, but it's disabled. Does
anyone know if this noise is a part of the normal operation of a LinkStation?
Thanks.

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<third@whasup.com> wrote in message
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> I recently bought 300 GB LinkStaton by Buffalo Technology. It seems to
> work fine, but every hour or so, it makes a brief clicking noise similar
> to the noise that computers make when they goes into power saving mode.
> LinkStation does have an option for a sleep mode, but it's disabled. Does
> anyone know if this noise is a part of the normal operation of a LinkStation?

Some drives do that, maybe its just more audible when in one of those.

Do you know what drive is used in it ?

 

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As per Rod Speed (rod_speed@yahoo.com):

>
> <third@whasup.com> wrote in message
> news:cughet$qh$1@reader2.panix.com...
>
> > I recently bought 300 GB LinkStaton by Buffalo Technology. It seems to
> > work fine, but every hour or so, it makes a brief clicking noise similar
> > to the noise that computers make when they goes into power saving mode.
> > LinkStation does have an option for a sleep mode, but it's disabled. Does
> > anyone know if this noise is a part of the normal operation of a LinkStation?
>
> Some drives do that, maybe its just more audible when in one of those.
>
> Do you know what drive is used in it ?

Nope. I can telnet to it, but can find nothing hardware related in the logs.

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