Not doing much of anything, its not like a hard clicking, more like a heart beat, like the ticking of a clock, then it stops, its not loud at all, right now as i am sending this, it is doing it. I will retire for the evening, and see if continues tomorrow, i have been on line all day, ( 8 hours researching and surfing) so maybe its like you say the Hard drive working maybe a bit too hard??
run diagnostics on the hdd. when u start the system up hit f-12 and select dell diagnostics. and check the hdd. when that test is running listen for the clicking.
Doreen XPS
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September 23rd, 2008 00:00
Not doing much of anything, its not like a hard clicking, more like a heart beat, like the ticking of a clock, then it stops, its not loud at all, right now as i am sending this, it is doing it. I will retire for the evening, and see if continues tomorrow, i have been on line all day, ( 8 hours researching and surfing) so maybe its like you say the Hard drive working maybe a bit too hard??
fishingman1
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September 23rd, 2008 00:00
fishingman1
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September 23rd, 2008 01:00
XPSM1530_owner
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September 23rd, 2008 12:00
Lots of posts on this issue - seems to be a prevalent problem in the XPS series.
There are some things you can do to reduce the noise level (assuming the diagnostic doesn't report bad sectors, etc.):
From Vista Tips & Tweaks:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=166532
After doing tip #6 I noticed a significant reduction in noise level on my HD.
This thread reports a solution to the problem:
http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?message.uid=18964718#U18964718