Toshiba 2.5" SATA Disk - Clicking and beeping, any ideas?

[zed]

Hi All,

I have a Toshia MK1032GSX 2.5" SATA Disk. When you apply power to the disk the disk clicks and makes a beeping sound. If you power it off, then power it on holding the disk upside down or at another position the symptoms may be less/more severe.

Before i go ahead and order another disk to swap the heads, does anybody think it may be something other than a head problem?

i.e will a head swap fix my problem in most cases like this?

Any suggestions would be most helpful.

[pepe]

hi,

Might be problem with the bearing.
pepe

[pcimage]

could be bearing. but head problem is also common on these

apart from the beeping sound, does the spindle sound OK?

i.e. no rattling or other untoward noise?

[zed]

The drive sounds like it's spinning normally but it makes a clicking and beeping sound every now and again, sounds rather violent!

If it is a bearing problem, what's the solution? Platter swap into another working disk?

[cryoborgofthevenus]

Hi All,

I have a Toshia MK1032GSX 2.5" SATA Disk. When you apply power to the disk the disk clicks and makes a beeping sound. If you power it off, then power it on holding the disk upside down or at another position the symptoms may be less/more severe.

Before i go ahead and order another disk to swap the heads, does anybody think it may be something other than a head problem?

i.e will a head swap fix my problem in most cases like this?

Any suggestions would be most helpful.

Bearing problem....

[zed]

If it is a bearing problem, what's the solution? Platter swap into another working disk?

[cryoborgofthevenus]

Hello zed, yes that's correct...platter swapping.

[zed]

Thanks, i tried that and it was pretty simple with this model disk. It worked well - the disk worked for a few hours then crashed again, it was enough time to clone it using copyr. Thanks!

[cryoborgofthevenus]

Very nice to hear that !

[zed]

For a change, it went smoothly and without any instability - the drive imaged fast and without errors or odd sounds. Thanks for your help again.

[ahmadjunaid]

I have same problem wih my HD ... how would I swap paltter because I have no similar Hard Disk

[pepe]

Hi,

U will need to get one, otherwise u may try to put the platters into a kitchen machine and see if it gives some data

pepe