Drive(s) in question - Seagate PATA 200G ST3200822A 7200.7 ones.
Number of them - There.
Description of problem - in folding machines, they are mostly idle. Yet each about 45sec or something a self check (or something like this INTO the drive, no IDE activity shown) is started. This generate click noise and such sounds like HDD activity and it is extremely annoying. I did not want to hear these clicks. Otherwise I'm happy with the drives, but I just want this to STOP. It is VERY annoying.
Affected machines - Any. It simply did not matter on what machine they run, it is always the same. Noise, clicks, noise, clicks...



Pictures of 200G Seagate drivers, from left my7200.7 and then 7200.8 type (this one won't click/generate noise in iddle):


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It is obvious that they do differ, but still, I heard that for the STIR, there is a firmware update possible with cure it Anyone already got it? I did not yet recieved a reply from Seagate, so... I better ask the public



PS. I already get suggested to use SysTool http://www.techpowerup.com/systool/ to disable the AAM Of course, the drives have NO AAM to set or disable
Well, at least ppl's is trying to help.



PS2. 7200.9 and 7200.10 types won't click also, so, Seagate stoped doing that crap

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A little bit of help need, guys

I wonder if the never firmware (it is firmware?!) 3.01.075 does this STIR still?


http://files.hddguru.com/index.php?&dir ... a%207200.7

ST3200822A-3.01.075.zip
APLUS

Anyone know?

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AFAIK, there is only one way to disable this — is to patch the firmware... I would suggest you to relax and live with it

maysoft - patching firmware then! Damn, I do anything to get rid of it, this is unbearably annoing for silent computing freak like me...

Or maybe the slightly more recent one can do it?

Or maybe - as there is hint in folloving Seagate reply, there is a 3rd party app that can disable it?

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Well... I really think it will be easier to just sit somewhere far enough from the computer or even change your HDDs to lets say Maxtor...

Unfortunately this is really not a option

Futhermore Seagate acquired Maxtor recently (yep, I love my Maxtors...), so we have to find a solution for this.

The problem is, that I have there these drives and can't return 'em, because they are perfectly fine - except the "feature"

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^bump^ for solution?

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Ooooh my God.......

I thought we are here in this forum to fix HDD, not damaging them....

Practice on them whats the warranty for , good idea Spildit. That way we get a free hdd to practice on .