“WD20EZWX 2Tb 7200rpm Blue in factory fresh HP desktop makes grinding noise for some seconds on shutdown/spin down. Rejected first unit but replacement does the same. Now HP tech support say the noise is normal. Am I heading for premature failure? Views?”
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I don’t know, man. I have one of these exact drives installed in my computer as a secondary drive, and I have no noticeable noise coming from it. I’d be concerned if it were me, but there’s no way the failure rate is that high.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, you are probably headed for premature disk failure. Only noise you should hear is the disk spinning up or down and definitely no grinding noises. HP "factory fresh" sounds like a refurbished computer and sounds like the seller trying to palm off their already used/failing hard drives.
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