Hello,
I am using a dual boot destop PC with Manjaro and Windows 10. I have this very weird issue that something in my PC, presumably a hard drive, is making odd sounds. The strange thing is: These sounds appear only when using Linux, never when using Windows. I am still using Windows a lot more than Linux and I can tell you with 100% certainty: This never happened in Windows and it regularly happens in Manjaro Linux.
This isn’t an issue I would normally associate with the operating system, but apperently it is related in some way. That’s why I’m posting it in this forum.
Description: My PC makes a beeping sound every 10~45 minutes I am using Manjaro Linux. In the vast majority of cases, the sound appears without a real connection to what I’m doing. It rarely appears at the exact moment I am mounting a hard drive or opening a directory/file. It sometimes appears in GRUB, too. I have recorded three samples of the sound which you can listen to at the link below (the file is edited, the sounds didn’t occur this close to each other). This sounds like a hard drive, right? I can’t think of anything else, honestly. I have never heard my mainboard beep and the sounds that are occuring are sometimes inconsistant which I wouldn’t suspect from a mainboard beep. Hearing the sound hurts me physically lol
Sound sample (you can play it online): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pdjyz3i9Nqt1zwpphc-WmzG0HIvnRwr6/view?usp=sharing
This brings me to my question: Does anybody have any idea why this could be happening? How something I would normally diagnose as a failing hard drive appears exclusively at one operating system? Is it possible that Linux somehow is able to address the hard drive in a wrong way?
Finally, my hardware. Manjaro is installed on an SSD. I have two hard disc drives in my PC, one HDD from Seagate (sdc, ST1000DM003-1SB10C) and one laptop SSHD from Seagate as well (sdd, ST1000LM014-1EJ164).
And here is the output of inxi:
System:
Kernel: 5.4.100-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4-x86_64
root=UUID=92296697-3276-4abb-bb96-327497998ab0 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor resume=UUID=fa45b4c0-0d0e-435e-9db7-592afc3389f5
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: GNOME 3.38.3 tk: GTK 3.24.26 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 3.38.2.1
Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Z170 PRO GAMING v: Rev X.0x
serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1206 date: 03/07/2016
Memory:
RAM: total: 15.57 GiB used: 2.61 GiB (16.7%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-6700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Skylake-S family: 6 model-id: 5E (94) stepping: 3 microcode: E2
L2 cache: 8 MiB bogomips: 64026
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800
4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon art
avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid
cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts ept ept_ad erms est f16c
flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr hle ht hwp hwp_act_window
hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm
mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat
pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts
rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good rtm sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust
tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt
xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GK104 [GeForce GTX 770] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
v: 460.39 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1184
class ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.10 compositor: gnome-shell driver:
loaded: nvidia resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 770/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.39
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a170
class ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GK104 HDMI Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0e0a class ID: 0403
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.100-1-MANJARO
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k
port: f000 bus ID: 00:1f.6 chip ID: 8086:15b8 class ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k
v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 168c:0030 class ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter type: USB driver: xpad
bus ID: 1-6:2 chip ID: 045e:0719 class ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No Bluetooth data was found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data was found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.96 TiB used: 34.73 GiB (1.1%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 250GB
size: 232.89 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM003-1SB10C
size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: CC43 scheme: MBR
ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM014-1EJ164
size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: SM28 scheme: GPT
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: DVDRAM GH24NSD1 rev: LE00
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 12 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / raw size: 100 GiB size: 97.93 GiB (97.93%) used: 34.73 GiB (35.5%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A
uuid: 92296697-3276-4abb-bb96-327497998ab0
ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 513 MiB size: 512 MiB (99.80%)
used: 340 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: 752C-9200
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 256 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
uuid: fa45b4c0-0d0e-435e-9db7-592afc3389f5
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 823.01 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 2A30557930554CC7
ID-2: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 500 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: BAA7-3442
ID-3: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 231.79 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: FE36E52A36E4E51D
ID-4: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 size: 615 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 3AF82D4DF82D08A9
ID-5: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 931.51 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 88DEEE50DEEE365A
ID-6: /dev/sdd1 maj-min: 8:49 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-7: /dev/sdd2 maj-min: 8:50 size: 931.5 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 0AA4D38FA4D37C1F
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 class ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-6:2 info: Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter
type: <vendor specific> driver: xpad interfaces: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip ID: 045e:0719 class ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-13:3 info: ROCCAT Ryos MK Keyboard type: Keyboard,HID
driver: ryos,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 1e7d:3138
class ID: 0300
Device-3: 1-14:4 info: SteelSeries ApS SteelSeries Rival 300 Gaming Mouse
type: HID,Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 1038:1710 class ID: 0300
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip ID: 1d6b:0003 class ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 class ID: 0900
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip ID: 1d6b:0003 class ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nvidia temp: 39 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 17%
Info:
Processes: 244 Uptime: 1h 11m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers:
gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1397 lib: 454 flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8
running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.01
Thank you for your help!
PS: I do regular backups, so data loss shouldn’t be a concern