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HD grinding sound
Name: jonno117 Date: July 5, 2005 at 22:52:55 Pacific OS: Win98SE CPU/Ram: 550/96
Comment:
I have a hard drive making a sound like a rachet wrench as soon as power is applied.
Is this a common sound, and what does it mean?
I guess I hardly need to add that the BIOS can't detect the drive, and it seems to have reached the end of its life.
Name: tropic Date: July 6, 2005 at 03:27:31 Pacific
Reply:
Time to buy a new drive.
"If it ain't broke, upgrade anyway."
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Response Number 3
Name: cpu_wizzerd Date: July 6, 2005 at 07:05:56 Pacific
Reply:
Sorry man, but your hard drive's life has come to an end, go buy another one, also, you might want to make sure that that sound is not a fan and your ide cable is just unplugged!
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Response Number 4
Name: cpu_wizzerd Date: July 6, 2005 at 07:07:14 Pacific
Reply:
oh, and may even try feeding it first, as nan suggested!
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Response Number 5
Name: ham30 Date: July 6, 2005 at 09:00:52 Pacific
Reply:
The sound is probably the heads dragging on the platters. It's called a 'head crash'.
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