i recently purchased 3 ST32000542AS that are part of my raid array. I noticed the other day that when the drives are idle, they make horrible parking noises almost every 30 seconds to a minute.
It sounds like the heads slam themselves into the park position, but ONLY occurs when idle. I normally wouldn't mind, but this almost surpasses a click and is in the BANG category. Very loud, very distracting, and totally unnecessary.
I've read elsewhere on the net that this seems to be a common problem with these drives. is there anything I can do about it before outright returning and changing manufacturers?
I've always had great faith in seagate, but having 3 of these drives make this kind of idle noise is simply unacceptable.
I've run full smart tests on a all 3 and they are all operating properly, no delays or performance problems.
