Lacie HD making crazy noises

[timpos546]

Sounds like an arcade game :P

[ayzou]

i believe it is doing that because it is on its side. those drives are meant to be stood up. probably wont do anything now though its jacked

[TheComputerNerd0101]

Are we hearing a Maxtor?

[parkingvalidated]

This is why a redundant backup is a must, no matter how high quality (or low quality) your hard drive is. Anything less than duplicate data storage in a remote location is a reckless gamble.

[lmull3]

that is the lovely sound of a dead Maxtor hard drive. that sound believe it or not is produced by the spindle of the drive itself. if you open the lacie enclosure up, you can just stick a new drive in there and it'll work assuming the board on it accepts the size.

[TitoDaMan]

judging from how you handled the hd, it's no surprise it failed..

[c0rrupts3ct0r555]

dual maxtor diamondcrashes in there..... musical ones do NOT buy maxtor. you WILL see all your data go bye bye. stuck spindles on both

[ScottieNiven]

This happens cause LaCie buys refurb harddrive cause there cheaper!

[Macintosh3745]

uh oh then i have to trash my LaCie 1tb HDD! Cuz that is my HDD that i have my MacOS and Vista on!

[ScottieNiven]

Jusr buy a westrn digital drive and transfer everything over.

[zex98765]

NEVER BUY LACIE

[Macintosh3745]

WELL IT WAS MY FATHERS DECISION!!!

He only lets me buy what HE says he wants me to have! Luckily he approved of an iMac G5

[JulioGeeMan]

Thats why i ought a Maxtor Tera byte ^_^

had it for over a year and no bad signs

[BBnose]

I like the Al material case and design of Lacie external HD. But I finally bought the "My Book" by western digital.

[yashrg]

wtf. I almost thought it was a joke. Hard drive making that kind of noise!

[pepjam89]

that is a very common noise when those Maxtor hard drives fail.

[cotton509]

thats not messed up sounds thats the infamus maxadore singing hdd its a failed that is why it sings

[draculapw]

yeh its defently a maxtor in there. never buy a lacie! SEAGATE KICK ARSE :D

[sceneXcore2]

This is simple, It makes that beeping sound for a reason. Its to warn you that it's about to take a shit.

[maxtornogood]

Maxtor diarrhoea? :)

[maxtornogood]

I have one answer for you - Maxtor Diamondmax. They all make that sound but this sounds like you got nailed by 2 Maxtors in a RAID 0 setup, according to the near simultaneous musical beeps.

[maxtornogood]

Oh and I forgot to say: If you value your data, don't buy Maxtor. Avoid them like the plaque

[GuerreroDeSangre]

Yes I agree, don't waist your money on a Lacie product, they don't last... My 250GB crashed on me twice already... They are not worth having around even when you take care of them...

[harbime]

I second you. Mine is 1TB and it has crashed only about 5 months of buying it. I lost a lot of data. Lacie is very bad, can not depend on it.

[markus155]

Would have been worse if it died after a year or more. I have an external Western Digital HD 1TB. It's still workung perfectly but it is starting to make scraping sounds. I have 671GB of data on it so it's to late to mirror it. I have my life on that thing! Depressive);

[WARDISWARD]

don't ever buy lacie ..better buy a separate harddisk western digital and a metal hard disk enclosure ..its dead cheap and way better than lacie plastic shit ...got my lacie drive one day and it's making funny noises too ...

[tombell12]

Hey that's what I did :). I got a 2.5 inch HD enclosure with a Western Digital 160GB for backup storage. I trust WD will take good care of my data ;)

[RedRaven555]

lucky you, cool phail noise! lol i think (well in my case, if it was my drive) it would be worth the phail just to hear that noise ^_^ i would play with that for years! and probably try to fix it and break it more... yes im a total geek i have no life and im sad.

[HyouriV3]

Oh and btw, that melody is probably the telephone that is ringing.

[Watcher3223]

Nope, this is a failed hard drive.

Obviously, the LaCie uses a Maxtor.

In fact, there are some Maxtor drives that, when failure that prevents startup has occurred, will emit tones. It's known as "Musical Maxtor."

Check it out on Google.

[HyouriV3]

THIS IS CRAZY!

[tyleralan11]

how old his that external hard drive? and the head is stuck to the platter or the bearing is out.

[gonXay]

It sounds like that when it can't spin up, for those of you who think it's music playing in the background ;)

[FullMetalAlcoholic]

Yes Zordon, I read you.

[RedRaven555]

bork! bork! bork! spork?

[dwwd1979]

sounds like it's playing atari...

[hazzer123daniels123]

ur hard drive is going to fail i would back up tht hard drive and send it back to lacie if you still have 1 year garranty!

[physicmad]

both of yer HD's in that box are nuked mate! the R/W heads are stuck to the platers ( inside there are maxtor hard drives, i know by the sounbd they make

[BrickG]

sound is edited or played via another device - like a cheap jackpot or sth like that

[soccer33MASTER]

Umm .. no .. it IS the actual hard drive .. in fact Maxtor** HDD's have been known to sometimes make those noises when failing.

**I only say Maxtor because those are the only drives that actually make that particular noise

[xXxmidgexXx]

Why is t making a melody?

[BadAndUgly]

It's probably the spindle motor trying to spin up but is blocked by the R/W head & arm assembly.

This happens when you drop it och bump it.