Clicking Noise issue *resolved*

[arjunned]

hey thanx.. i'm a newbie but i love experimenting.. and the steps u mentioned above were exactly wat i did!! ... much thanx anywayz..

[mmisterio]

I am confused. How do I use HDparm.

What is it that I have to type into the window exactly to get rid of the clicking?

[Ryaske]

Well, you could easily read the last few pages of this thread and find out for yourself!

[mmisterio]

Well, you could easily read the last few pages of this thread and find out for yourself!

I have read most of this thread MULTIPLE times. I run HDpharm and i type in
hdparm -M 254 hda and I get hda: Permission denied

[Ryaske]

well read it again but this time more carefully. You are using the wrong switch

[mmisterio]

well read it again but this time more carefully. You are using the wrong switch

Instead of talking down to me, perhaps you could have actually answered the problem I had since my computer literacy is only at a 5th grade level while yours is obviously PHD worthy.

[mmisterio]

I tried typing hdparm.exe -B 254 hda and I get permission denied.
hdparm -B 254 /dev/hda = denied

[chelet]

Make a shortcut to cmd on your desktop, right-click it, and choose to run as administrator.

[mmisterio]

Make a shortcut to cmd on your desktop, right-click it, and choose to run as administrator.

Thank you! Solved my clicking HD instantly!

[Cyanize]

WoW,

can't believe this thread is still alive. I though this problem didn't exist anymore with HDparm. And the hdparm solution has been explained by several people in this thread. (although I just run HDparm from the registry instead of *.bat file)

Anyone still reading this please understand a few things:
NHC was never 100% compatible with Vista, some of it's features didn't work before and certainly don't work after SP1. (like dynamic switching and underclocking...especially with santa rosa and c2d)

HDparm is an app/command ported from the linux OS to enable the same APM functionality for your HDD as NHC.

Some HDD manufacturers offer their own APM apps
which you can download and use the same way as NHC/HDparm.


And finally please read this thread carefully and only post a question if your problem is new. Thanks