G Drive USB making loud noises! is it normal? I am worried

[Marcin_XYZ]

My working similar - but my problem is, that i hear a regular knocking when it’s in idle mode (not reading/writing):

G-Drive 4TB USB 3.0 - strange noises or....?

Hi, i’m a fresh (few days) owner of G-Drive 4TB USB 3.0 - i’m really satisfied of speed and quality. But my fears aroused strange noise when disk is not reading/writing anything (but still spinning). Short video explain better what i’m talking about: [ - YouTube] *contstant noise in the background is disk spinning. 0-5 seconds - strange noises when disk is doing nothing 5-17 seconds - disk is reading a video file (sounds ok to me, like other high RPM disk head) 18-30 - strang…