From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chuck Ebbert Subject: Re: Loud "pop" coming from hard drive on reboot Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:07:32 -0400 Message-ID: <461D5C24.9080506@redhat.com> References: <461D4E2C.6000704@redhat.com> <461D54AF.3060706@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:60768 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161289AbXDKWHi (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:07:38 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , linux-kernel , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Apr 11 2007 17:35, Chuck Ebbert wrote: >> Jan Engelhardt wrote: >>> On Apr 11 2007 17:07, Chuck Ebbert wrote: >>>> When I reboot my notebook, it powers off and powers back on. >>>> On poweroff a loud snapping noise seems to be coming from the >>>> hard drive. Today I noticed there is no "shutdown: hda" on >>>> the console when I reboot. Whne I do a normal poweroff the >>>> message is displayed and there is no noise. Should the IDE >>>> code be changed so it always shuts down the drive? >>> What sort of notebook? What sort of harddisk? >> Compaq Presario V2000 series, with a new Seagate ST9120821A >> 120GB 5400RPM drive. > > I specifically hoped you might have a TOSHIBA MK2003GAH, > which does a hard unload when left idle for too long. > > Only on reboots huh? > > What happens if you reboot another OS, freebsd f.ex.? (You can try that off > CD1) Now we're getting somewhere. There is some other OS on here because it's required for doing BIOS updates. I booted it and shut down. The power cycle count increased but the power off retract count did not. The counts are: power cycle ... 111 power off retract ... 92 The difference is now 19; it was 18 before.