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Oh my God that was scary (click of death faked?)

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Freedom Kira:
That definitely makes more sense. One thing is still bugging me though - you said your F2 was used as an internal drive. Was it previously connected to the Intel controller, then?

I actually got four F2s just under three years ago. They always click for a few seconds when they cold start, for some reason, but I've only ever had one drive temporarily cut out though (broke my RAID5 array and caused it to rebuild). I hope that is not the click you're hearing? Did you let the computer POST, at least? It's usually gone by then.

nstgc:
This drive has never been connected to an Intel controller. It originally, and for most of its time used, had been connected to an AMD controller. It started its life as an internal drive and I would just connected and disconnect it as needed, but then I had another drive get a chip in the power connector and got an external bay (just so that its clear, the drive with the chip was NOT the F2).

I've heard clicking before, and the only other places I've heard this particular type of clicking was on a Maxtor when it died (which is really the only thing Maxtor drives do). And no, I could not post.

Freedom Kira:
Hmm. Yeah, I don't know. Sounds to me like your drive may or may not go.

I have an old 200GB Maxtor in my desktop that's around 5-6 years old. I've never heard it click. I must have the only non-clicking Maxtor in the world, because I can definitely relate to the Maxtor clicking annoyance with other drives I've come across.

GoGeTa006:
I felt that way on various ocasions including (but not limited to):

- my 1 TB drive died
- I installed a new video card and forgot to connect 1 cable onto the motherboard and I was freaking out cause the BIOS didnt even start

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