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Noise starts with alot HDD activity
Name: Golfer24 Date: March 5, 2007 at 15:32:00 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro CPU/Ram: Celeron III Product: Clone
Comment:
It seems when there is a lot of Hard Drive Activity my computer will noise up. I put in a new Heatsink/Fan for the processor because the noise seemed to be coming from there. The noise seems to come and go. If I shutdown the computer for a while, it goes away but returns. It seems to be associated with a load on the computer, such as a lot of programs open or excessive HDD activity. It's not the fan speed increasing. It's a nuisance noise. Thanks, Golfer 24
Name: Samt1516 Date: March 5, 2007 at 21:47:00 Pacific
Reply:
Could be the HDD
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Response Number 2
Name: AKBessy Date: March 5, 2007 at 23:52:15 Pacific
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When was the last time the hard drive had maintenance on it; for example scanning for errors and defragmentation? The hard drive will make more noise as programs are accessing it because it has to read different sectors of the drive.
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Response Number 3
Name: bluejay Date: March 6, 2007 at 16:56:14 Pacific
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Hi, Download the HDD manufactur's diagnostic utility, run it and be prepared for the worst. Your drive may be trying tell you something. Bluejay
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