Philip Ashmore wrote: > Hi there. > > I managed to record it using my laptops built-in microphone. > > To those who would prefer a description: > It starts fast and slows down. I opened the file with Audacity and > determined the intervals to be 0.1, 0.3, 0.6, 10, 15 seconds, then it > repeats. > > It sounds like some kind of protocol negotiation algorithm that requires > a disk sync when the polling time doubles. > > Here's a link for your listening pleasure: > https://www.dropbox.com/s/apdr1o056tam5ie/click.wav?dl=0 > > I'm hoping it's some cron job, or DropBox, Trinity Desktop, wifi, smart > disk status monitoring, nVidia, Intel, ... not a virus trying to phone > home. > > I'm really hoping that someone reading this will go "oh that thing" and > know what it is instantly. > > Curiously it doesn't happen every day. > > Regards, > Philip Ashmore You can try a hard drive test and/or smartctl and see what it reports. It sounds like a head is clicking here and there - so definitely a mechanical thing. Recently 2 friends came to me with broken disks - saved/lost 1:1. Make backup! regards --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
