From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161219AbXDKVgF (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:36:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030241AbXDKVgF (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:36:05 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:51376 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965292AbXDKVgE (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:36:04 -0400 Message-ID: <461D54AF.3060706@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:35:43 -0400 From: Chuck Ebbert Organization: Red Hat User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jan Engelhardt CC: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , linux-kernel , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Loud "pop" coming from hard drive on reboot References: <461D4E2C.6000704@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. > Is it as loud as `hdparm -y /dev/hdX"? That makes no noise at all except normal drive seek noises. > Try `smartctl -d ata -a /dev/hdX | grep -i unload` too. Hmm. Power_Cycle_Count ... 108 Power-Off_Retract_Count ... 90 I did a normal poweroff and the retract count went to 91. There is an almost-unnoticeable click when I do it that way.