Just got this drive. Every minute or so I hear a clicking noise. The drive seems to be working but I’m nervous it will break in the future because of it. Should I return it?
WD3003FZEX
Hello and welcome to the WD community.
A clicking sound on a internal drive is not normal, but just to make sure that the drive is working properly check the drive for errors.
Follow this link for helpful information in case you want to check your drive for errors or defects:
It’s a Black drive, but is it possible that it is aggressively autoparking during idle periods? I would examine the raw values of the Power On Hours and Load/Unload Cycle Counts in CrystalDiskInfo.
http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
