-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Noisy hard drive
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:15:22 -0400
Most fan noises I am called to investigate turn out to be a wire or cable
that migrated into the path of a fan. If the tower was moved for any of
your unplugging, this becomes even more likely. However, I am concerned
about your wording, Sandi. It sounds like you waited until AFTER the power
went out to unplug everything. Was the system still operating when the
thunderstorm hit &/or when the power went down?
Peace,
G
"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don101" <don101@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:28 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Noisy hard drive
> It may or may not be related. If you did a normal shutdown and let
> everything spin down before unplugging it all, I would say there is no
> connection.
>
> If the noise is coming from the rear of the computer I would first suspect
> a
> fan. If from the front I would suspect a drive first.
>
> It might be as simple as a small piece of paper or plastic wrap got caught
> up in a fan or the grill covering it.
>
> Don
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "pctechtalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:44 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Noisy hard drive
>
>
>>I shut down and pulled plugs last night during an outage of the
>>electricity
>> and a thunderstorm. When I booted up it is noisy and kind of clicking or
>> like something hitting the fan. My sons are here and Gary is going to
>> open
>> the case and look inside. More later.
>> Any thoughts on why this happened at this time and what happened?
>> Sandi
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