Drive 'gravelling' away quite happily...

Lashout_UK · 22 Sep 2006 at 18:21

I've just built a new machine, using an Asus P5WDH Deluxe S775, E6400 and a brand new Seagate Sata 2 200gig drive.

However, despite all being new the hard drive 'gravels' a lot, grinding away to itself quite happily.

Is this common for new drives these days? I was always under the impression only dodgy drives did it. It seems to buffer and run alright....then again, anything would be an improvement over the old one.

Also - I'm totally new to the SATA world so is it caused by a setting or jumper that I've got in the wrong place?

Any ideas appreciated

Lashout_UK · 22 Sep 2006 at 18:32

I have a gig of memory installed. I haven't even looked at that yet

What are the best settings for initial and maximum size of the pagefile?/virtual memory

I'm sitting here and every few seconds it will click to itself (Steam re-downloading HL2 in the background, for example)

Lashout_UK · 22 Sep 2006 at 18:41

Ta, I'll give it a whirl

Lashout_UK · 22 Sep 2006 at 20:20

I have defragged, error checked and done a few other tweaks, to no avail.

I shall run the 'full' checkthrough now I've done the quick one, which reported no issues.

Lashout_UK · 23 Sep 2006 at 00:23

Oooh, I just got a lovely "hit platter" whirr then too.

Well, 8 hours isn't bad for the lifespan of a hard drive, I guess

Sigh

Recommendations, anyone?

Lashout_UK · 23 Sep 2006 at 09:39

Thanks. I'll try that later today and report back!