Noisy Hardware

[Miles Cadwallader]

PLEASE HELP!

Recently my hard-drive has become really noisy, I think
it is my hard-drive anyway, it is coming from the main
tower and sounds like a churning sound. Could it be the
fan making the noise and if so why is it doing it so
randomly???

Please advise if any ideas...

Miles

 

[Chris Lanier]

most likely the hard drive. i would back up ALL your data now b/c that
drive might not last much longer.

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[Eric Warnke]

PLEASE HELP!

Recently my hard-drive has become really noisy, I think
it is my hard-drive anyway, it is coming from the main
tower and sounds like a churning sound. Could it be the
fan making the noise and if so why is it doing it so
randomly???

Please advise if any ideas...

Miles

It could be a number of things.

1) It could just be that the bearning are going on one of your fans
2) It could be because some fans are heat controled. The more
CPU usage the faster they turn the more noise they make.
3) It could just be you are using your HD more

But...

4) One of your fans could be getting ready to give out... this
can cause permenent damage in some systems
5) You HD could be getting ready to give out.

This is of course one of those reminders that hardware does not
last forever and if you don't have a backup then this is the time
to do it. If you are comfortable a quick peek inside the case (
while running ) should help you narrow down the source of the
noise and what to do to fix it. If it's just the fan then ( when
turned off ) pop it off and pop down to a local shop and find a
suitable replacement.

If you are not comfortable doing these things find a local shop
or technician that can do the work. Just make sure they don't
attempt to upsell you on a whole new tower.

 

[Mike Brearley]

You'll need to open your case to determine which peice of hardware is making
the noise. If it's a fan, it could be random if the fan is speed controlled
and goes faster if your system reaches a certain temperature. If it's your
harddrive and it didn't always make this noise, then I suggest that you
purchase a new drive (or get a warrenty replacement if you have a warrenty)
and use an imaging program to duplicate your current drive to the new one.
If nothing else, ensure that you have a good backup of *all* of your
important data.

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley

 

[Ted]

most likely the hard drive. i would back up ALL your data now b/c that
drive might not last much longer.

Are you normally this dense, you ****ing pillock? The guy already stated that it may be his hard drive, only for you to repeat it again.

 

[Chris Lanier]

yes, and if it is his hard drive it about to fail! but i guess you know
that. haev you ever tried to get data off a crashed drive? didnt think so.
so the BEST thing to do is treat it like the drive to going to fial in the
next 5min. but your the master at these thing, so Miles take some advise
from Ted and not me, i only know what i'm talking about.

" Ted" <""""> wrote in message

most likely the hard drive. i would back up ALL your data now b/c that
drive might not last much longer.

Are you normally this dense, you ****ing pillock? The guy already stated
that it may be his hard drive, only for you to repeat it again.

 

[Mike Mulligan]

The most likely scenario here is a noisy fan. I just went through this
myself, so let me tell you what I learned:

It's not impossible that your hard disk is the source of the noise, but if
your hard disk were to blame you would know very quickly because your
computer would die very quickly. In any case, hard disks are highly
engineered and very reliable.

The only other things that are rotating constantly are your fans. You may
have one, or more likely two, fans blowing air through the case, and
possibly an additional fan for your graphics card. It's easy for dust and
dirt to accumulate on these fans, or for their bearings to dry out over
time. Unlike hard disks, the fans are cheap, low-tech devices.

Some motherboards are configured to increase fan speed if they detect that
the CPU is overheating. While this might happen on rare occasions, if your
CPU were constantly overheating, you would be getting a constant stream of
error messages.

Here's what to do: Open your computer case and carefully blow out all dust
and dirt that has accumulated inside, particularly on the fans. If this does
not make a significant difference in the noise level, it's time to replace
the main cooling fans (a cooling fan should cost only a few dollars). If you
have a fan on your graphics card and that's the noisy one, replace the
entire graphics card, but not before you complain to the manufacturer.

Mike Mulligan

 

[Ted]

yes, and if it is his hard drive it about to fail! but i guess you know
that. haev you ever tried to get data off a crashed drive? didnt think so.
so the BEST thing to do is treat it like the drive to going to fial in the
next 5min. but your the master at these thing, so Miles take some advise
from Ted and not me, i only know what i'm talking about.

Bwahahahahahahahaha! Hopefully, he won't become a pillock too, trying to understand that garble you just composed, you ****stick!

 

[Chris Lanier]

nice response, i'd give it a 7 out of 10. I'm sure Miles thanks you for all
you help. Jackass
" Ted" <""""> wrote in message

yes, and if it is his hard drive it about to fail! but i guess you know
that. haev you ever tried to get data off a crashed drive? didnt think so.
so the BEST thing to do is treat it like the drive to going to fial in the
next 5min. but your the master at these thing, so Miles take some advise
from Ted and not me, i only know what i'm talking about.

Bwahahahahahahahaha! Hopefully, he won't become a pillock too, trying to
understand that garble you just composed, you ****stick!