08-15-2020, 04:07 AM
(08-09-2020, 04:21 PM)Chris Tennant Wrote: It's fine Tim, I don't expect you to.
I just thought I ask it here, maybe it's some simple thing, but I guess it's not.
But thanks anyway, otherwise I more than happy with Moode.
@Kent
The main issue with this clicking is not the noise that I'm bothered, but the fact that hdd sounds like it's really struggling and it could break down.
I suspect that what you're running into, is the issue of "drive acoustic management". Many drives can adjust their head/arm acceleration to either favor performance (fast seeks) or noise (lower arm acceleration, slower seeks and less vibration and noise),
Under Linux, for many drives, the command "hdparm -M 128 /dev/sda" will set the drive to quiet operation, and "hdparm -M 254 /dev/sda" will set the drive to best-performance (and noisiest). (replace "/dev/sda" with the correct drive device path). Depending on what drive model you bought, the drive's default setting might be either of those, or somewhere in the middle. Drives sold for "audio/video" applications are often set to run quieter than drives sold for "server" or "NAS" use.
You could try modifying your Moode installation with a smalll startup-time shell script to set the drive to quiet mode, and see if that helps the noise.
Also, if you're not familiar with "smartctl", it would be worth studying. With this utility you can query a drive's self-test and health data, and look to see if any of the drive's status information indicates that it's getting close to end-of-life and showing signs of failure.
