topic Re: sz5 hard disc in PCs & Accessories

sz5 hard disc

martynrb — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:00:07 GMT

i just retired my s3xp and bought a lovely new sz5vwn.
vista seems to take some getting used to, but i have a question about the hard disc on this machine...the hdd light is always on, it's always working, even after a system restore.
any ideas?

Re: sz5 hard disc

MattWilson — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:37:08 GMT

May seem like a random question but does the power light flash?

The reason that i ask is that the most likely cause (other than having a very overactive hard drive) is that the wires have been soldered on the wrong way round. If it is the hard drive then does it ever just flash?

Re: sz5 hard disc

martynrb — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:41:38 GMT

hi matt.
no the power light is on, just as it's supposed to be...the hdd light is also on, but it flickers and i can hear the disc spinning, just doesn't wanna stop.
i've got fully patched vista and norton, but there were no updates available when i checked on vaio update.
it's getting annoying now....

Re: sz5 hard disc

mhknauber — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 06:29:05 GMT

Hi from Germany!

Do You use Vista for the first time? In the first few days Vista has a lot of work with indexing, defragmenting, learning Your preferred software (for pre-starting etc...). Here the activities stopped after about 12 hrs of switched-on PCs without working at (left on over night) and never were seen again in this way...

Martin

Re: sz5 hard disc

MattWilson — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:23:29 GMT

That was exactly my next suggestion. Just leave the machine to run. When indexing is finished it'll do it as you add things, hence it is almost instant and you don't notice it at all. As i say, leave it you run for a good 30mins/GB of data on the hard disc and then see if you still have the same problem and we can take it from there.