Hi all, I just received my first ever 4x Western Digital Gold 6 TB (WD6002FRYZ), which I inserted into a brand new Synology DS418play NAS. Quite immediately after getting started, I was struck by an incredibly annoying “clucking/chunking/choppy” sound. There is possibly also always a “raspy tappin…

Recurring "clucking sound" every 5 seconds (Western Digital Gold)

alex.s September 26, 2018, 10:51am 4

Hi 1555,

Maybe you should try contacting WD’s Technical Support about this.

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