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SSD drive on laptop is constantly working while moving mouse or screen

  • 11-08-2011 9:23pm
    #1
    euser1984
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,977 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    My SSD is installed under my laptop keyboard. It's an OCZ Vertex 2 in a Thinkpad T400s.

    When I move the mouse on the screen you can hear it constantly chugging away - I'm concerned that it may doing constant read and writes when not necessary. The laptop is running Windows 7 and has 4GB of ram.

    Any help would be appreciated - thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    HelpWithIT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭HelpWithIT


    Have a look here (-;
    http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=56007


  • #3
    euser1984
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,977 ✭✭✭euser1984


    RepairMyPC wrote: »
    Have a look here (-;
    http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=56007

    Thanks. Some interesting info there. When they say coils what exactly are they referring to? I wouln't think I would have the options to change voltage with my BIOS though? It's standard lenovo BIOS I think.


  • #4
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    sounds like electrical noise. in a normal laptop I've spotted this and it turned out to be a bad power charger but - long story short - it might just be to do with age on your SSD? idk, never owned one largely due to cost and to lifespan issues.


  • #5
    Tails142
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,119 ✭✭✭Tails142


    Never had a SSD but I would have imagined they are silent unlike a normal hard drive as there are no moving parts...


  • #6
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Tails142 wrote: »
    Never had a SSD but I would have imagined they are silent unlike a normal hard drive as there are no moving parts...
    put your ear up to a power charger sometime. the voltage conversion creates noise. Electricity is not 100% efficient.


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