How do I run the WD diagnostics??
I think you are right about temperature. I put in a new one and
it already seems hotter than usual. This is in a dell 4100 and they
mount the drive vertically against the front. I don't see a way to
mount a fan but there is certainly space and it seems to need one.
Thanks,


"David Maynard" wrote in message
... That sounds like the symptom
referred to, descriptively enough, as the
'click of death' and if it follows the pattern of my WD drives the best
you
can do is administer pain management; which you've done by buying a
replacement and backing up your data.

Next is to run the WD diagnostics to get the error code, or wait till
complete failure if it passes for the short term, and get a warranty
replacement.

In the mean time I'd check case temps because it may be you have a hot
spot
around the hard drive that's causing premature failure.



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