Hi. On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 08:49:42PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > i got my new computer with a 4 GB WD Gold (WDC WD4003FRYZ-01F0DB0) and > observe a strange behavior with a provisory Debian 10 LXDE installation. > > If the drive has power then i makes a plonking noise every 3 to 5 > seconds.
That amount of time looks suspiciously familiar. Have you tried to disable drive heads parking via hdparm? What about smartctl long test, does it show anything suspicious? Reco
