Monkeh Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 it all started one week ago, when i was playing a fps my HD began to make a loud noise and it starts whenever i play a heavy resource using game or application. Description Disk drive Manufacturer (Standard disk drives) Model WDC WD400BB-00CLB0 Bytes/Sector 512 Media Loaded Yes Media Type Fixed hard disk Partitions 2 SCSI Bus 0 SCSI Logical Unit 0 SCSI Port 1 SCSI Target ID 0 Sectors/Track 63 Size 37.27 GB (40,015,987,200 bytes) Total Cylinders 4,865 Total Sectors 78,156,225 Total Tracks 1,240,575 Tracks/Cylinder 255 Partition Disk #0, Partition #0 Partition Size 14.65 GB (15,734,928,384 bytes) Partition Starting Offset 32,256 bytes Partition Disk #0, Partition #1 Partition Size 22.61 GB (24,280,994,304 bytes) Partition Starting Offset 15,734,992,896 bytes thats the description of my disk, it went very well ( no noise ) until that damned day. help appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 turn the computer off, go to the store, get a new HD, and backup ASAP whenever a harddrive makes that are not normal, its never good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMaster Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Yeah its a better idea to turn it off and leave it off. As soon as you do that, determine what needs to be back up from the drive, get a tape backup or some blank CD's and start copying away. Better yet, if you have a spare HD with lots of space, consider transferring the files over to that drive. And replace the one making funny noises. Perhaps you need more fans for cooling in the case too. Heat is not good for Hard drives. Are you sure your computer isn't also celebrating the 4th of July? Afterall, my computer was making loud noises 2 days ago on the Canada Day, New Years and all the other big holidays..........hmmmm. Maybe Western Digital is being a bit too patriotic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted July 4, 2002 Author Share Posted July 4, 2002 it is only making noise when under heavy usage though, when playing games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miran Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Is your disk heavily fragmented? Perhaps when doing heavy work, it is running wild moving the head all over the place.. Also - check to make sure it isn't the vibration of the disk causing your case to rattle, or also make sure there isn't a wire touching the hard drive rattling.. Other then that, I'd back up and get an IBM hard drive.. BAHAHA just kidding.... :p :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMaster Posted July 5, 2002 Share Posted July 5, 2002 Actually, I've had my 40 GIG IBM drive for just about 2 years now and it still works perfectly. I was lucky enough not to have one of the defective batches. Its my primary HD on my system and its really fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted July 5, 2002 Share Posted July 5, 2002 ibm4life, been using those hds for ages,never had any problems. but i had the same problem, loud noisy hd,the cylinders my be ****ed. backup your data and get a new hd or get that one replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogg Posted July 5, 2002 Share Posted July 5, 2002 Originally posted by insanekiwi ibm4life, been using those hds for ages,never had any problems. but i had the same problem, loud noisy hd,the cylinders my be ****ed. backup your data and get a new hd or get that one replaced. Same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovedude Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 mine made funny noises last night it woke me up but i kicked the side of the pc and it stoped lol.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 ya heh,i kame that alot too, ib harddrives can handel it, but i had seagate or western digital who totally ****ed up then :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted July 6, 2002 Author Share Posted July 6, 2002 i found a soloution. when i hit the loaction where my HD is, it stops (lol). is it possible that one of the disks have some problems rotating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.KICK Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 Originally posted by Monkeh i found a soloution. when i hit the loaction where my HD is, it stops (lol). is it possible that one of the disks have some problems rotating? roflmao, o dont really hear mine much cause of music running all the time roflmao..........:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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