interesting hard drive trouble

childsy_1985 · 01-30-2006, 03:29 AM

My little bros computer has been running bad latley, using a diognostic I figured that it was time to replace the hard drive. I got 2 10gb hard drives from work, I put the first one in his computer and turned it on. It worked fine until the computer booted into windows, then the hard drive started banging. it sounds like the arm inside is bent or something, So i tried the other HDD i got from work. exectly the same thing. booted fine, then started banging. I know the HDD's were good because I pulled them out of working PC's the previous day. any Ideas what could be causing the problem?

potshot87 · 01-30-2006, 03:42 AM

Are your hard drives housed in a separate, external case?

I used to have a hard drive that you just slid into a case that was connected to the motherboard. The purpose of the case was to make the hard drive portable, so you could just take the case out (with the hard drive in it) without opening up the whole computer.

If yes, the problem is probably the fan that is part of the case. Try replacing the external case with a brand new one, or take out the case altogether and just connect the hard drive directly to the motherboard.

If no, my only suggestion is to try tightening up the screws.

fade2green514 · 01-30-2006, 01:33 PM

umm... id say build hima new computer. lol it would cost u $400 for everything except the monitor and such.

tg900 · 01-30-2006, 06:20 PM

Are they Western Digital? I used to have an old WD 40 gig that did that after a while. The one I got after warranty does one "bang" about every hour or two.

childsy_1985 · 01-30-2006, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by fade2green514

umm... id say build hima new computer. lol it would cost u $400 for everything except the monitor and such.

Nah Im an aussie. cost me a little more than $400 to build a decent pc.

What gets me is that they are both differant hard drives. One is a Western digital, the other is a seagate. The segate is a small skinny HDD the WD is a bigger one. I dont get it maybe they were on their last leg anyway.

Travo925 · 01-30-2006, 11:03 PM

do you have them mounted correctly?

01-30-2006, 03:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
childsy_1985 Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 222	interesting hard drive trouble My little bros computer has been running bad latley, using a diognostic I figured that it was time to replace the hard drive. I got 2 10gb hard drives from work, I put the first one in his computer and turned it on. It worked fine until the computer booted into windows, then the hard drive started banging. it sounds like the arm inside is bent or something, So i tried the other HDD i got from work. exectly the same thing. booted fine, then started banging. I know the HDD's were good because I pulled them out of working PC's the previous day. any Ideas what could be causing the problem?

01-30-2006, 01:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
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tg900 Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 98	Are they Western Digital? I used to have an old WD 40 gig that did that after a while. The one I got after warranty does one "bang" about every hour or two. __________________ "Weighing in at an extremely portable 42 pounds (lbs) is the Lappy 486. Finally, a computer for your lap. By Compy." -StrongBad Gigabyte k8ns pro mb 2- 160 gb western digital 8mb cache, raid 0 heatsinks from some PII's on the sides to keep my hard drives cool dvd rom dvd writer 2- cd burners removable hard drive rack/bay athlon 64 3700+ win tv tv tuner 8-in-1 card reader gigabit ethernet 6 channel sound

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01-30-2006, 03:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
potshot87 Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 31	Are your hard drives housed in a separate, external case? I used to have a hard drive that you just slid into a case that was connected to the motherboard. The purpose of the case was to make the hard drive portable, so you could just take the case out (with the hard drive in it) without opening up the whole computer. If yes, the problem is probably the fan that is part of the case. Try replacing the external case with a brand new one, or take out the case altogether and just connect the hard drive directly to the motherboard. If no, my only suggestion is to try tightening up the screws.