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13th October 2008, 10:00 AM
|  | TST Oracle | | Join Date: Jul 2008, 8,169 posts. Location: UK Norfolk ..... Reputation:  | | | Faulty Hard Drive Sounds
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If you hear strange noises coming from your hard drive, it could be a warning sign of oncoming drive failure. Below are several common noises to be listening for:
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13th October 2008, 11:27 AM
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Useful - but a drive that is on the way out has probably given you a few clues that something is wrong before the nasty noises start!
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13th October 2008, 01:13 PM
| | TST Oracle | | Join Date: Jul 2008, 8,169 posts. Location: UK Norfolk ..... Reputation: | |
I was interested in that as on another forum I'm trying to help someone with a weird noise emitted from their puter 
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13th October 2008, 01:21 PM
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If someone on another forum is having problems with a weird noise from their pc, direct them here.
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13th October 2008, 01:31 PM
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I cant do that Rik
Have fingers in both pies 
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13th October 2008, 01:36 PM
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Being quite electro-mechanically minded I'm pretty good at tracking down odd pc sounds.
For example my pc was making a very odd sound on boot up not long ago, i traced it down to a noisy fan, pulled the fan apart, greased it and put it back together and my pc is nice and quiet again.
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13th October 2008, 02:12 PM
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The worst noises are the ones that stop! In a car that means it fell off, in a PC it stopped!
Just off to do something about a new post for the TFTT as just had one in with a stopped PSU fan.
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13th October 2008, 03:10 PM
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What's the sound mean that isn't a sound really, just a sort of low toned hummmmmmm, but not exactly ... not a revving sound, either.
It's kind of loudly letting you know the machine's on sound but way louder ... source unknown, to me. It's not earsplitting loud, just ... you know.
It's a bit of a sluggish computer to start mostly, once going it's OK (not as fast as mine, but mine's bggger and better) but just and remains loud.
The fans spin fine from what I can tell and they and the machine are clean inside despite exterior surroundings (the lads' bedroom).
There are no virii or anything, but even with the side off, it's loudish and has been for a very long while.
Whatsit?
Hardrive or fans? Or?
Since I took so long to type this, and while editing saw another post of Rik's issue and that sounds very familiar, so I'm guessing the fan is to blame, maybe just had it's day and time to replace. Or give it a greasing? 
Pray tell, how, please.
I had one computer's hardrive go with the common dying issues obvious and another go belly up with out a beep. 
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13th October 2008, 03:16 PM
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The fans that go first are usually the silly little ones they fit to graphics cards and to the bridge chips on the motherboards. Sometimes you can peel the labels off and drip a tiny amount of fine oil (I use watch and clock makers oil [aka lark oil]) onto the bearing before sealing it up again. Best way to find the culprit is with a soft paintbrush to stop the fan for a second - stopping the fan any other way can break the blades.
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13th October 2008, 04:06 PM
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I have lots of little brushes (artist in da house) but am not going to bleed a bird for it's oil.
Would 3 in 1 oil work for this purpose?
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13th October 2008, 05:35 PM
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3 in 1 oil is a little on the thin side really. If you have any shops that sell radio controlled race cars or boats or planes near by then get some silicone oil or grease as it will do a good job and last.
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13th October 2008, 05:41 PM
| | TST Oracle | | Join Date: Dec 2007, 7,960 posts. Location: Market Haemorrhoids, Middle England Reputation: | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MightyQueenCarolyn  I have lots of little brushes (artist in da house) but am not going to bleed a bird for it's oil.
Would 3 in 1 oil work for this purpose? | Please don't think for one moment that there is any cruelty to larks! Larks squeak when they sing and only the finest oil can be used to fix them!
I'd agree with Rik - if you can get hold of silicone lubricant it is by far the best and does not degrade under heat like oil does.
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13th October 2008, 05:54 PM
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A pushbike shop is another place to get good greases from too.
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13th October 2008, 05:57 PM
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One point - it is sometimes impossible to replace these little fans as they are unique to the board they are fixed to. This makes the potential savings a lot more than you think!
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13th October 2008, 06:01 PM
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A very good point there albert. For things like chipset fans you can get generic replacements but they can often require quite a lot of work to fit.
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7th November 2008, 05:38 PM
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If you hear a clicking from your HDD then its probably the slider and head (Actuator Arm) and it will be slipping off the disk inside. if the occurs then there is only around a 2% chance your HDD will work again and this means your HDD has died
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10th November 2008, 11:34 AM
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Never have had a clicking musical hard drive
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10th November 2008, 12:21 PM
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Tell you what - these Antec cases mount the drives on rubber feet - this means that there is no way the chassis can act as a sounding board so you tend not to hear the drives go noisy unless you actually listen to them.
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