What does rattling noise on boot mean?

[Rylan]

I have a brand new system. It is a month or so old and it
has started making a rattling noise when i boot up. Is it
the hardrive or what? I am completly puzzled by this. I
have two conclusions.
1. my harddrive is a defect and ill frap out at any moment
and
2. my power supply isnt giving enough power out. i guess
this because i recently bougth a dvd burner and now i
think mabye it cant take it, just borderline so it runs
or something.

system stats:
motherboard - GA-8SINXP-1394: Sis655 P4/S478, Dual-
DDR400, 533F, ATA133-Raid/S-ATA, USB2, Sound i1394 G-
Lan, AGP8x
cpu - Intel P4 2.4Bg
ram - 2x 512 PC3200 DDR 400
hd - WD 1200JB 8m
dvdrw - LG Super Multi DVD Writer: GSA-4040B [Internal]
dvdrom - Pioneer 16x Slot [Internal]
video card - LeadtekGF4 TI4200-8x A280LE-TDH MyVIVO: 128M
DDR 250/500mhz AGP8x w/TVo, DVi, ViVO
sound card - creative sound blaster live 5.1!
power supply - 350watt
am also running a floppy drive, surround sound speakers,
monitor, keyboard, mouse, joystick, gamepad but those im
guessing would not have an effect.
i think i have 2 fans as well and built in fans on my
video card.

i am far from even knowing what im talking about here
though so a little help would be greatly appriciated.
thanks in advance

 

[Dave]

I can't say for sure without hearing it but I have had several systems with
cheap or defective fans that are noisy until the fan warms up a bit. Fans
seem to be very shoddy lately. Dave

 

[JAX]

A "rattling" noise could be anything from the HD to a fan. I would suggest,
contact your vender and ask them.

LOL JAX

 

[RonK]

By chance - is the floppy light on when you hear the rattling ?

 

[ThePainter]

Sometimes when I boot up I can here my floppy drive
trying to read even though there isnt a disc in.
sometimes the fans buzz but if I press on the case it
stops the noise so I dont worry , but more recently it
dosnt do it.
If its your HD searching for your OS files then if they
are fragmented then it may click more than usual so try
to defrag or shut down a few startup items.
(see post - "Start up files" on this forum - Dec 7 2003
1.11AM)

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

I have a brand new system. It is a month or so old and it
has started making a rattling noise when i boot up. Is it
the hardrive or what? I am completly puzzled by this. I
have two conclusions.
1. my harddrive is a defect and ill frap out at any moment
and
2. my power supply isnt giving enough power out. i guess
this because i recently bougth a dvd burner and now i
think mabye it cant take it, just borderline so it runs
or something.

system stats:
motherboard - GA-8SINXP-1394: Sis655 P4/S478, Dual-
DDR400, 533F, ATA133-Raid/S-ATA, USB2, Sound i1394 G-
Lan, AGP8x
cpu - Intel P4 2.4Bg
ram - 2x 512 PC3200 DDR 400
hd - WD 1200JB 8m
dvdrw - LG Super Multi DVD Writer: GSA-4040B [Internal]
dvdrom - Pioneer 16x Slot [Internal]
video card - LeadtekGF4 TI4200-8x A280LE-TDH MyVIVO: 128M
DDR 250/500mhz AGP8x w/TVo, DVi, ViVO
sound card - creative sound blaster live 5.1!
power supply - 350watt
am also running a floppy drive, surround sound speakers,
monitor, keyboard, mouse, joystick, gamepad but those im
guessing would not have an effect.
i think i have 2 fans as well and built in fans on my
video card.

i am far from even knowing what im talking about here
though so a little help would be greatly appriciated.
thanks in advance

If this is a brand new system, you definitely should be talking to the
vendor where you purchased it. A "rattling noise" could be anything, trying
to guess what it is can only be speculation.

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

You need to determine exactly where the sound is coming from. It
could be the hard drive, a fan, or a wire/cable that is being chafed
by a fan. Open the case and look.

Bruce Chambers

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