sshd drive very loud humming

[469buddy]

My brand new installed Seagate sshd is making a high pitched humming noise. earlier due to an accident the hard drive had impacted the table. is this what caused it? I don't hear any clicking or anything.

 

[greatlakesguy]

All I can say is BACK IT UP while you can. No severe noises like that from mine and it recently failed. Not to scare you..it worked great for 18 months. Just be warned.

 

[Solandri]

Yeah, if the drive has been dropped, it's common for a bearing or bushing to be damaged or knocked out of alignment. Due to the constant rotation, it will gradually begin to fail, usually producing a whining, humming, or grinding noise which gets progressively worse over time. Could be a few hours, could be a few years. I had one drive which was making a grinding noise for over a year which was so loud you had to shout over it, but it still worked fine (just drew a lot more power). Another drive which was dead within 2 hours of the noise starting. No way to predict. So backup your data while you can.