Hard Disk "Parking" Noise

[JeremyWilliams338]

Hi, I have a new system will a SSD as the primary drive and a HDD as the secondary. I am getting regular instances of the disk head "clicking" which I'm taking as it's parking the head.

Is this signs of a fault or is it normal?

Thanks

JW

 

[SpyderTracks]

Hi, I have a new system will a SSD as the primary drive and a HDD as the secondary. I am getting regular instances of the disk head "clicking" which I'm taking as m it's parking the head.

Is this signs of a fault or is it normal?

Thanks

JW

Is this a pcspecialist system? Can you copy and paste your full specs from the order page on your account?

 

[JeremyWilliams338]

Yes it is a PCSpecialist system, here is the specification:

Processor (CPU) - Intel® Core™ i5 10-Core Processor i5-12600K (Up to 4.9GHz) 20MB Cache
Motherboard - ASUS® PRIME H610M-A-CSM D4 (mATX, LGA1700, DDR4, PCIe 4.0)
Memory (RAM) - 32GB PCS PRO DDR4 3200MHz (1 x 32GB)
Graphics Card - 4GB MSI GEFORCE GT 1030 OC - HDMI, DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive - 2TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
1st Storage Drive - 4TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply - CORSAIR 550W CX SERIES™ CX-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable - 1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling - PCS FrostFlow 100 V3 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Sound Card - ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card - 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card - ASUS PCE-AXE5400 Wi-Fi 6E (2402Mbps/6GHz, 574Mbps/2.4GHz + Bluetooth 5.2)
USB/Thunderbolt Options - MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS