[mythtv-users] OT: 3 week old HDD "Clicking" ??

[Kingsley Turner]

Hi,

I've got a 1.5TB Seagate Barracuda Hard Disk (ST31500341AS); bought on 
2009-04-14 (~3 weeks ago)

It worked fine the the previous 2.5 weeks, but all of a sudden it's 
started clicking (like the ticking of an old clock).   It kind of goes 
Brrrrrr, click, click, click, click...  and is non-responsive for a few 
seconds, then it runs OK for a few more seconds to a few minutes, then 
it does it again.  The clicking is quite loud.

I figure the drive is about to break, but before I try the argument 
involved with sending back a drive that isn't *completely* broken ...

Any sage advice ?


thanks,
-kt