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| Thread ID: 40691 | 2003-12-15 02:11:00 | Hard Drive going, "bzzzzzz.." | Stryker (4374) | Press F1 |
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| 200636 | 2003-12-15 09:54:00 | To me it almost sounds like a platter is not running true until the machine warms up enough. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 200637 | 2003-12-15 19:56:00 | > To me it almost sounds like a platter is not running > true until the machine warms up enough. If a platter was not running "true" to the extent it was making a noise, then the drive would instantly fail. The heads run a few microns above the platter, and any wobble of the platter vertically would cause an immediate head crash, physically damage the head and surface of the disk - and its all over. Any platter wobble axially would cause sustained data errors, and thats not happening. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 200638 | 2003-12-15 20:31:00 | Try powering down your PC and unplugging your hard drive's power. If the noise continues, it's a fan. If it stops, time for a new hard drive. | Wilky (776) | ||
| 200639 | 2003-12-15 20:34:00 | Tracking source of a noise can be tricky. Have you tried the Mechanics trick of a long insulated screwdriver used like a stethoscope, screw end to the case, handle pressed to your ear. Once had a similar buzzing sound which was eventually traced back to a surge board, it erratically run just during the first couple of minutes of powering up and was very annoying. | FrankS (257) | ||
| 200640 | 2003-12-15 22:15:00 | >If so, its HDD access - could be software related. If it was software related they would have heard the noise right from the beginning. I had some one quite a few years ago with the same problem and they ended up wrapping an electric blanket around the PC to keep it warm when off. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 200641 | 2003-12-15 23:36:00 | >> If it was software related they would have heard the > noise right from the beginning . No . Any faulty/offending software may not have been installed then . |
godfather (25) | ||
| 200642 | 2003-12-16 00:06:00 | the same thing happed to me. it isnt the hard drive probably. it it an ultra small form factor case? is it vertical on a stand? try putting it under the monitor. it worked for me :D | Megaman (344) | ||
| 200643 | 2003-12-16 01:00:00 | Usually the biggest thrash a hard drive will get is on bootup and close down so I fail to see how any other software could produce any noise that wouldn't have been heard on the normal boot process. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 200644 | 2003-12-16 06:52:00 | To answer some of the questions posted by you guys about my problem: Upon boot up, the sound is a consistent buzz, so not synchronous with the HDD LED . So would ring true to Godfathers statement that it might be the bearings . I did the trick of removing the power to the HDD . Boot up commenced without the noise, concluding that it is the HDD we're talking about . And to answer Megaman’s question, the drive is lying perfectly flat in a full ATX case, properly secured . More to add to the saga is that the noise doesn’t disappear anymore after boot up, but is still there, even now as I write this up . It seems to change frequencies ever so slightly, but is consistently buzzing away . Metla said it would get worse, and it has! Recently when I powered down the PC to remove the Molex connector to the disk, the shut down sound it made was unsettling, to say the least! The best I can describe it; is like a tiny helicopter landing, like: 'zip' 'zip' 'zip' till eventual silence . I imagine as the platters came to rest . OK, do like Susan said and make a warranty claim now . The people I get my PC stuff from are going to start to wonder about me . Only 2 weeks ago I claimed warranty for my motherboard . They’re gonna start to think I deliberately break my stuff or something . Thanks for all your help guys, If you feel up to it, keep posting stuff, I’ll be sure to keep a watch on this thread . Thanks again . |
Stryker (4374) | ||
| 200645 | 2003-12-16 08:35:00 | If the hard drive has SMART features the noise you hear may be the drive doing diagnostics. Over time the tests become more frequent and more noisy. When you were at the site getting utils etc, did one of them give you a status report from the drive, i.e. Read the SMART data? If so have a look. One of the SMART tests is an agressive "head stroke" that can sound like the noise you have mentioned. |
ugh1 (4204) | ||
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