Sharp Noise coming from Hardware

mwahsun · 04-12-2006, 04:22 AM

Well I am willing to put up with the noise if there are no performance boost, because using $50 just to get rid of the noise feels a little wasteful. Are there any performance boosts as well? My HDD was purchased around 2001-2002, not quite sure but around there.

childsy_1985 · 04-12-2006, 04:31 AM

A new hard drive would likely result in better performance anyway because of how old you current hdd is a newer one would be faster. Just if you keep that drive make sure you back things up regulary because a noise like that could mean that the hdd could die at any time

Motoxrdude · 04-12-2006, 04:32 AM

Also with your current HDD i cant garuntee that it is going to last more then a week.

mwahsun · 04-12-2006, 04:38 AM

Hmm I currently have a D Drive as well with 38GB.. hmm should I just use that instead?

Motoxrdude · 04-12-2006, 04:38 AM

Yea i would, if a hdd is making unuasual noises, its usually not a good sign.

mwahsun · 04-12-2006, 04:41 AM

which one should I buy?

1) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144122
2) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822135106

and would they be compatible for any computer?

mwahsun · 04-12-2006, 05:16 PM

Hairy_Lee · 04-12-2006, 08:02 PM

Get the IDE drive unless you know for certain that your board has SATA ports

helmie · 04-12-2006, 11:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hairy_Lee

Get the IDE drive unless you know for certain that your board has SATA ports

Looking at a picture of the board, I dont see any SATA ports....

And reading the specs, only IDE. As hairylee says, get the IDE drive.

Hairy_Lee · 04-12-2006, 11:57 PM

no SATA ports on that board

04-12-2006, 04:22 AM	#21 (permalink)
mwahsun Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 147	Well I am willing to put up with the noise if there are no performance boost, because using $50 just to get rid of the noise feels a little wasteful. Are there any performance boosts as well? My HDD was purchased around 2001-2002, not quite sure but around there. __________________ Monitor: Samsung 940BW 19" Widescreen Mobo: ASUS A8V-VM K8M890 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ RAM: Kingston 2GB DDR PC3200 GPU: Nvidia Geforce 8500GT 256MB DDR Drives: Western Digital 160GB ATA100 PSU: Rosewill RE502-SLV ATX1.3 500W World of Warcraft, Computers and Tennis.

04-12-2006, 04:32 AM	#23 (permalink)
Motoxrdude Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nor Cal Age: 17 Posts: 5,853	Also with your current HDD i cant garuntee that it is going to last more then a week. __________________ RIP Mom 9/17/55-02/22/08.

04-12-2006, 04:38 AM	#24 (permalink)
mwahsun Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 147	Hmm I currently have a D Drive as well with 38GB.. hmm should I just use that instead? __________________ Monitor: Samsung 940BW 19" Widescreen Mobo: ASUS A8V-VM K8M890 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ RAM: Kingston 2GB DDR PC3200 GPU: Nvidia Geforce 8500GT 256MB DDR Drives: Western Digital 160GB ATA100 PSU: Rosewill RE502-SLV ATX1.3 500W World of Warcraft, Computers and Tennis.

04-12-2006, 04:38 AM	#25 (permalink)
Motoxrdude Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nor Cal Age: 17 Posts: 5,853	Yea i would, if a hdd is making unuasual noises, its usually not a good sign. __________________ RIP Mom 9/17/55-02/22/08.

04-12-2006, 04:41 AM	#26 (permalink)
mwahsun Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 147	which one should I buy? 1) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144122 2) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822135106 and would they be compatible for any computer? __________________ Monitor: Samsung 940BW 19" Widescreen Mobo: ASUS A8V-VM K8M890 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ RAM: Kingston 2GB DDR PC3200 GPU: Nvidia Geforce 8500GT 256MB DDR Drives: Western Digital 160GB ATA100 PSU: Rosewill RE502-SLV ATX1.3 500W World of Warcraft, Computers and Tennis.

04-12-2006, 04:31 AM	#22 (permalink)
childsy_1985 Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 165	A new hard drive would likely result in better performance anyway because of how old you current hdd is a newer one would be faster. Just if you keep that drive make sure you back things up regulary because a noise like that could mean that the hdd could die at any time

04-12-2006, 05:16 PM	#27 (permalink)
mwahsun Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 147	? __________________ Monitor: Samsung 940BW 19" Widescreen Mobo: ASUS A8V-VM K8M890 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ RAM: Kingston 2GB DDR PC3200 GPU: Nvidia Geforce 8500GT 256MB DDR Drives: Western Digital 160GB ATA100 PSU: Rosewill RE502-SLV ATX1.3 500W World of Warcraft, Computers and Tennis.

04-12-2006, 08:02 PM	#28 (permalink)
Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 25 Posts: 2,553	Get the IDE drive unless you know for certain that your board has SATA ports __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)

04-12-2006, 11:57 PM	#30 (permalink)
Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 25 Posts: 2,553	no SATA ports on that board __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)

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