Yes mine does that same thing and im thinking its just the hdd going into and waking from its "sleep" mode that these models have built in. Its normal from what I can understand.
@@rileygreen7943 yeah it’s just weird cause right when i plugged it and haven’t even put anything on it , it just kept making a thumping noise and you could feel it in my desk and i’ve never had a external hard drive do that, even my western digital hard drive from like 2010 doesn’t even do that
@@JustBugginVW Yeah ive never really had a hard drive do this eaither but ive researched it and it seems to be the mechanical arm on the inside of the drive that is moving about and making that noise. But WD said that this is normal...inconvenient but normal.
Hey so I purchased this same hard drive but the 12 tb version, have yours by chance had a periodically thumping sound that you can feel in your desk?
Yes mine does that same thing and im thinking its just the hdd going into and waking from its "sleep" mode that these models have built in. Its normal from what I can understand.
@@rileygreen7943 yeah it’s just weird cause right when i plugged it and haven’t even put anything on it , it just kept making a thumping noise and you could feel it in my desk and i’ve never had a external hard drive do that, even my western digital hard drive from like 2010 doesn’t even do that
@@JustBugginVW Yeah ive never really had a hard drive do this eaither but ive researched it and it seems to be the mechanical arm on the inside of the drive that is moving about and making that noise. But WD said that this is normal...inconvenient but normal.
@@rileygreen7943 did you talk to WD abt how loud it is ? and have you had any issues with yours ?