Yeah, people often assume that only drives click, but I have heard semi-regular clicks from power supplies, especially Dell’s. The way to debug it is with something that isolates the sound, for example, a cardboard center from a paper towel roll.
Hello
recently i bought exactly same model wd20ezrx-00d8pb0
i noticed the same clicking noise so did google search.
I power my disk thorough sata to usb3 adapter and get this clicking noise even when no usb cable is connected to computer. Despite this noise, disk is working fine and can read and write with good speed.
As far, as my computer hardware knowledge goes, this must be disk controller for some unknown reason moving disk head back and forth. When disk is connected to computer, after some inactivity time it goes to sleep mode and noise stops.
Well, i assume that these constant head movements may reduce disk life time if it is turned on for long time, so i will just use this disk for backups and disconnect it when it is not needed.