-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Noisy hard drive
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:55:02 -0400
Sandi,
It kinda, sorta sounds like at least some of whatever came through your
wiring may have slipped past your UPS and hit your system, at least a little
(which is a completely relative term when used here). I'm sure I don't have
to actually say this, but keep an eye AND an ear out for any more oddities
that may have resulted from a spike getting to the PC. More importantly,
run a CHKDSK with all options as soon as you get the chance. If a spike did
hit the system, it may have scrambled a few bits here and there and a run of
CHKDSK could be enough to repair them.
Peace,
G
"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:59 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Noisy hard drive
>I have a battery backup and it had kept the computer on after all the
> lights went out. It was the middle of the night. Two of our sons are
> here
> helping their Dad (and me) with chores that are now difficult to do.
> Middle
> son sleeps in the computer room so he awakened me to ask why the computer
> was still on when the power was off.
> I came in and shut down properly and then pulled the plugs from the wall.
> After sending my SOS to you guys I called Dave, my local tech, who was too
> busy to help except over the phone. Our oldest son is pretty computer
> savvy
> so he talked to Dave and ultimately opened up the case to see what might
> be
> the problem. Son Gary found that it was the fan in the power supply,
> which
> seemed to be slightly tilted and hitting against the back panel of the
> case.
> He was able to slip in a piece of rubber right over the power supply and
> it
> secured things enough to stop the noise. It is now running quietly.
> However, we found another issue when hooking things back up and
> temporarily
> lost sound. We tried playing a CD to check for sound and Windows Media
> player asked for validation before it would play. We canceled out on that
> rather than try to validate. Someone on this list (I think Don?) told me
> about a year ago about Classic Media Player which I downloaded and still
> have on my system I opened it and it played the music CD just fine.
> So, for now, things are operating sort of normally! Dave has to come back
> and install a new Processor whenever they locate one that will work on my
> machine so I have kept him informed of the current problems and fixes (and
> what we could not fix).
> I think I can now open the case if the need should arise again in the
> future
> as I was pretty involved in trying to get it open this time to search out
> the noise problem.
> Thanks to all who responded.
> Sandi
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