繼上一次購入日立7K250發現有meowing noise進而在網路上查到官方對於此噪音的回覆後(
http://www.pcdvd.com.tw/showthread.php?t=361303) , 最近購入Seagate 7200.7 160G SATA又發現讀取噪音超乎想像的大 , 比原先使用的7200.7 40G ATA100還要大聲的多 , 我覺得很訝異 , 怎麼原先靠"超靜音"打響名號的梭魚系列竟然會有如此大的噪音 , 按照慣例請示Google大神後得到的回覆又讓我釋疑了許多 , 首先以下是官方對於硬碟被認為常常有待速聲的回覆 :
The latest generation of our high-capacity drives have been programmed to
perform regular off-line scans to test the drive's reliability and detect
any possible malfunctions while the drive is still relatively new. These
tests occur during times of system idle and are programmed to end after a
certain number of power-on ...