[ryanhayn]

i just got a new 30gb ipod today. i noticed as i was transferring music that when i rotated the ipod from flat to its side, it would pause the transfer and make a louder than normal click noise...then it would resume the transfer. then when i rotate it back so it lies flat, it would do it again. is this normal? i'm worried the drive is defective or will fail soon.

i'm kinda hoping i can return it for a 8gb nano instead. do u think the apple store will let me do that?

 

[Schalldampfer]

They better.

 

[ryanhayn]

no one else has anything to say?

 

[BushGuy]

clicking noise = click of death for a harddrive. It wouldn't seem likely (because of size) that a loose drive would be bonking against anything.

 

[rb67]

The click is generally associated with a hard drive on its last days, but it is unusual to hear the click on a new drive. I would call apple saying the hard drive is clicking in an unusual manner and they should send a replacement.

 

[urabus]

clicking noise is normal, it's just the harddrive spinning up and shutting down. What you guys who posted don't own an iPod?

 

[Schalldampfer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by urabus /img/forum/go_quote.gif clicking noise is normal, it's just the harddrive spinning up and shutting down. What you guys who posted don't own an iPod?

I had my AND someone else's iPod fail on me as it made the noise... I think I'm pretty qualified to say that it's the sound of a dying iPod.

 

[ryanhayn]

i really dont think its the hard drive spinning up/down. this louder click comes only when i rotate the ipod. it also happens when i rotate it while its first loading a song from the HD to RAM. you guys try it.

 

[Omari149]

thats why you should have gotten the Zune.

 

[zip22]

yeah, the toshiba mk3008gal in the zune is much more reliable than the toshiba mk3008gal in the ipod.

 

[ryanhayn]

apple needs to have its engineers develop something making rockbox users' ipods blow up (not literally). when they take it back for a refund or exchange, they can automatically turn them away for somehow voiding the warranty. or they could just make a flawless product to begin with.

 

[Omari149]

Quote:

Originally Posted by zip22 /img/forum/go_quote.gif yeah, the toshiba mk3008gal in the zune is much more reliable than the toshiba mk3008gal in the ipod.

my bad, I totally forgot they use the same hardrive.