Oh no, my Verbatim 3.0 500gb harddrive also started clicking! By the way, I use a y-cable. Is there a way to stop this clicking, because I heard after a while the harddrive stops working. I am worried now, I only have this harddrive 1 or 2 years!
It sounds like a heartbeat. Is this the click of death, or is this the sound a harddrive usualy makes?
This has happened to me with two of my self-powered external hard drives. The problem was that the A/C adapters used to power these hard drives had run out of power (similarly to how a battery deteriorates over time). I tried using the A/C adapter from one of my newer hard drives and they worked like a charm.
Assuming that you are using a slim hard drive with a Y-cable, I would recommend trying to split the connection one step further with a second Y-cable (I don't know how you will manage this but it's the only solution I can think of) and transfer all of your data to a new self-powered hard drive as soon as possible.
"Gee, that's really persuasive. Do you have any actual points to make other than to essentially say 'me Tarzan, physical bad, digital good'?"
"however, it is not recommended as the lifespan of smaller hard drives are considerably lower than that of traditional hard drives"
I didn't know that.
"I would recommend trying to split the connection one step further with a second Y-cable"
Sounds like a hassle, and I believe I did read somewhere that's not advisable. However, when the power was off I moved my Wii u and harddrive a bit. My harddrive was partly resting on the "Wii stand", thus it wasn't 100% flat. That may have been the problem, because when I powered the Wii u on the sound seems to have gone. Hopefully it stays away, otherwise I have to transfer my downloads to a other harddrive. Or I choose the easy way and just go for a usb-stick. I hate it when stuff dies this soon.
The main sound you need to watch for is a grinding sound which is a sign of bearing failure - if the bearing are going on the drive it could fail irrevocably at any time so that's when you want to do a backup ASAP and stop using it. This will also be accompanied by longer read-write times. When the drive was going on my titanium PowerBook it would take ages to do things like load a web page (which is cashed on the drive), on the Wii U I expect you'd start to see more failure messages.
Also worth noting that an alternative to swapping your portable drive is to ditch your y-cable and use a powered USB hub - the added benefit is more ports and the greater flexibility the single cable will have over a y-cable. If I was going with a replacement for my desktop drive I would likely choose this option.
It was a clicking/ticking sound, and it did sound like a heartbeat (or metronome). When I listened later, the sound was much softer. And even later I didn't hear anything at all. The Teslagrad update took ages though, but downloading almost never goes quick on my Wii u. I think I wait for a bit untill I take some action. For me, the way things are now (small harddrive, y-cable) are the best options. I have lots of memory for downloads and updates, and yet it doesn't take up much visable space in my cabinet. I don't have space for lots of cables, AC adapters, usb-hubs, etc. It would become a mess.
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