Grinding noise

blair · #1 15-05-11, 10:22 AM

Hi i bought a 300GB sata as i run out of space but as of late it makes a small grinding noise when its being accessed and when the the pc powers off it makes a long grinding noise

however they seems to be no reduction in performance i still run my games off it and they run smoothly and when the games are being played it doesn't make any grinding noise.

Thanks

KaraMurat · #2 15-05-11, 10:31 AM

Never a good sign if a HDD makes irregular noises, Even though it works fine now I'd recommend you getting that HDD replaced asap to ensure you don't loose important data.

Karlos_the_n00b · #3 15-05-11, 10:41 AM

In my experiance grinding means somethings working loose which means data loss is in the post.

SieB · #4 15-05-11, 11:12 AM

Sounds like it's dying i'd back everything up asap and listen out for a clicking sound, when that happens, it's on it's last breathes.

sheroo · #5 15-05-11, 12:46 PM

Your data is worth much more than the actual drive itself, sounds like you need a new one.

I found this page that has a load of typical noises from failing/failed drives:-

http://datacent.com/hard_drive_sounds.php

Karlos_the_n00b · #6 15-05-11, 04:46 PM

That is a cool find!

That's getting a bookmark

blair · #7 16-05-11, 03:18 PM

it hasnt done it a few times and still performs well and top speed i listened to all those sounds nice find but it doesn't sound anything like them it there any programs that will make the HDD spin fully so i could record the sound

thanks for you help

Ya93sin · #8 16-05-11, 05:51 PM

You're going to want to back up everything pronto

Quote:

Originally Posted by sheroo

Your data is worth much more than the actual drive itself, sounds like you need a new one.

I found this page that has a load of typical noises from failing/failed drives:-

http://datacent.com/...rive_sounds.php

Heard these a while ago, some sounds are so depressing lawl