The sound is not right. This clicker sounds like a Geiger counter ticking out of control. The HDD sound is much deeper. It should sound as if the minute hand on a clock decided to tick out of control.
It's not really possible to replicate the HDD sound with anything so simple.
Because what you hear on a real HDD is the seeks, and the seek time of any SSD is close enough to zero that it probably won't even show up on the HDD LED. All that's left is the data transfer, which are more or less silent on real mechanical HDDs.
That's part of the reason why it was useful to have the HDD LED despite fact you already had the loud HDD. The LED showed data transfer, while the sound indicated seeks.
There's probably a way to do this in software? Like some cars simulating engine noises through the speakers...
But then you need to install something. Probably give it some perm.
I have a watercooled workstation (don't ask), and one day I made it spin up the pump when the chips heat up. I believe it goes from 17% pwm to 18% whenever any chip is more than 15°C warmer than the water. Changes nothing, and you wouldn't set it up like that.
But the immediate frequency change is enough for me to anticipate a delayed reaction. "Oh, computer is computing. Reach for coffee."
Reminds me of adding a Taptic Engine™ to a flash-upgraded iPod classic.
https://eoe.works/collections/shop-all-ipod-video-ipod-class...
I didn't realize you could get Taptic Engines. I had wanted some about 10 years ago while I was working on a haptic data glove project, but Apple kept them under tight wraps because they own the patent and wanted them exclusive to their devices. I ended up using small pager motors, but I really think Taptic Engines would have made for a much better experience, both because they are smaller and because they are 3 axis linear vibrators, instead of a single axis rotary vibe.
I wanted to do something similar 3-5 years ago, and while I found that you could order the Taptic Engine, I couldn't find any good info for driving them last time I checked.
Don’t forget to PARK YOUR HEADS before shutting down!!
Im all for this. I miss the tactile feedback of older hard drives, you knew the computer was actually doing something. New computers are too quiet, like electric cars.
I just realized today after 20 years that my computer stopped making noises.
It's progress but I miss those clicking sounds.
If it hooked into the OS, it could generate even more appropriate sounds:
* past SMART errors => knock of death sound
* unrecovered errors => head crash sound
What absolute nonsense. I love it!