hard drive ticking

panyan1991 · 12-29-2006, 01:10 PM

hi, my hard drive had been making an odd sound for about 9 months. i have attached a link to the sound, but the sound is only heard when i out the computer under alot of stress (copying 100Gb to a new HDD). The rest of the time it is relatiely silent unless it acesses a file.

any help will be greatly appreciated

http://d.turboupload.com/d/1376339/h...noise.wav.html

**dragon2309** · 12-29-2006, 01:57 PM

Wow, am i right in saying that the constant tick-tick-tick like a metronome, is that the HDD? If it is i would start backing up EVERYTHING right now... It definitely should not be making that noise at all

The normal HDD access sounds you hear in the background are perfectly normal though

dragon

panyan1991 · 12-30-2006, 10:14 AM

do not worry, that regular tick that is so prominent is a problem with my microphone, the "problem" was the sound in the background, that is what i was asking about

12-29-2006, 01:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
panyan1991 New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2	hard drive ticking hi, my hard drive had been making an odd sound for about 9 months. i have attached a link to the sound, but the sound is only heard when i out the computer under alot of stress (copying 100Gb to a new HDD). The rest of the time it is relatiely silent unless it acesses a file. any help will be greatly appreciated http://d.turboupload.com/d/1376339/h...noise.wav.html

12-29-2006, 01:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 20 Posts: 8,681	Wow, am i right in saying that the constant tick-tick-tick like a metronome, is that the HDD? If it is i would start backing up EVERYTHING right now... It definitely should not be making that noise at all The normal HDD access sounds you hear in the background are perfectly normal though dragon __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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12-30-2006, 10:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
panyan1991 New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2	do not worry, that regular tick that is so prominent is a problem with my microphone, the "problem" was the sound in the background, that is what i was asking about