Well, I finally got my laptop working on my wireless network, but there’s something odd about this laptop.  The hard drive makes this little clicking sound all the time, once every 7-10 seconds.  I know hard drives make noise, but this particular laptop didn’t make that kind of sound before.  I don’t think it’s something I should be too worried about, but I would really hate to see this hard drive die again on me.

Does your TR3A’s hard drive make these kind of clicking sounds on a regular basis?

Just out of curiosity, how did you fix the network? The sound you hear *might* be the infamous hard drive parking noise the 1.8” drives make, but that sounds kind of often.

To be honest with you the damn thing just started working on its own.  I left my laptop alone for a few days, because I was so incredibly frutstrated with it.  I decided to fire it up the other night, thinking I was in for a long night of more frustration, and then it connected to both the Internet and my network.  Odd, I know.

To be honest with you the damn thing just started working on its own.  I left my laptop alone for a few days, because I was so incredibly frutstrated with it.  I decided to fire it up the other night, thinking I was in for a long night of more frustration, and then it connected to both the Internet and my network.  Odd, I know.

While watching a movie on my laptop yesterday (off my desktop’s optical drive) it would stop every few mins. First I was cursing my laptop, then my desktop’s optical drive and then I realised it was my router after the MSN on my desktop would sign me off and on every few mins. I’ve experienced such a problem b4 too and even switching off and on the router wouldn’t correct the problem. Not been having that problem today though… :xeno:

ONLY WHEN its ABOUT TO DIE.  :twisted: we need a group discount on those newer toshiba 60 gigs!

jigs

Well, after dealing with the hard drive crash earlier this year, my laptop is still running strong.  It does suck though that it’s only a 40gb drive.  If I were to upgrade the hard drive would it kill the lovely Circuit City warranty that I have with them?  And, where’s the best place to get them?  It takes a 1.8” hard drive, right?

ONLY WHEN its ABOUT TO DIE.  :twisted: we need a group discount on those newer toshiba 60 gigs!

jigs

Untrue!

Both the Hitachis and the Toshibas are clicking on a regular basis, some of them even louder. It is the sound of the heads parking. You can hear the sound during less than usual hard drive activity. I’ve just sold my TR and its been clicking on a regular basis for the last 2 years. My T clicks as well but not that loud.

The bad clicking sound is when you hear sequences of two clicks, with a spinoff buzz on the background. This is when the drive spins up and spins down, trying to read something and virtually banging the heads from the first to the last cylinder.

ONLY WHEN its ABOUT TO DIE.  :twisted: we need a group discount on those newer toshiba 60 gigs!

jigs

Untrue!

I’ve just sold my TR and its been clicking on a regular basis for the last 2 years. My T clicks as well but not that loud.

My expierence was that once the toshiba started clicking, it had about a month to live. The new one has been silent for almost a year (unless you need a stethascope to hear the parking heads). good luck!
jigs

[quote author=“dustrho”]After letting this go for a few days I started thinking… is it normal to ship an entire laptop to the manufacturer when all they need to do is install a hard drive?  Just about anyone can install a laptop hard drive, so I’m curious is if I should be concerned about mailing my laptop to Sony just to have them install a new hard drive.

My biggest conern is that I’ll receive my laptop back in good working order, but something else is either broken or not as in good of condition as I had shipped it to them.

I think you’ve learned your lesson. Never buy tap warranty. Extended warranty for cars is alright as long it is offered by the manufacturer, but for electronics ... try to avoid.

[quote author=“Gilbert”][quote author=“dustrho”]After letting this go for a few days I started thinking… is it normal to ship an entire laptop to the manufacturer when all they need to do is install a hard drive?  Just about anyone can install a laptop hard drive, so I’m curious is if I should be concerned about mailing my laptop to Sony just to have them install a new hard drive.

My biggest conern is that I’ll receive my laptop back in good working order, but something else is either broken or not as in good of condition as I had shipped it to them.

I think you’ve learned your lesson. Never buy tap warranty. Extended warranty for cars is alright as long it is offered by the manufacturer, but for electronics ... try to avoid.

I had sony replace a Tr drive last year when I was in LA, and it took just 4 days roundtrip to the service center in SanDiego. The box was under compusa extended warrenty and the machine even came back cleaned. I thought the service was pretty good, althought the compusa extended warrenty was not cheap. Replacing the TR harddrive is easy, true, but for someone with good eyes, small fingers, and ability to follow Groovyone’s fine online instructions (that did not stop me, and here is what happened the last time I opened my case: [url=http://www.siliconpopculture.com/sonytr/viewtopic.php?t=5263&highlight;=]http://www.siliconpopculture.com/sonytr/viewtopic.php?t=5263&highlight;=[/url])

anyway, good luck, and I would trust the sony service center in SD…
jigs