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jbradshaw77 · 02-24-2007, 04:32 PM

Hello,

This is the 2nd drive I've gotten from newegg, and now it's doing the same exact, EXACT, thing as the first one. First off, it makes this click noise every now and then. This isn't the usual "clickclickclickclickclickclick" that hard drives always make, it's more like a "shinck" sound. It's disturbing, and my ears can detect it every time it happens. Now, about 2 weeks in, which is when it started happening with my other drive, it's to the point some times where it'll make the noise, then the pointer freezes, and maybe about 15 seconds later the computer simply restarts. What's weird is that upon looking at the reviews over at newegg of this product, out of 300 or so, there is only ONE 1-star rating. The rest are all 5's, 4's..etc. No one is having this problem but me.

Do you think it's a power supply issue? Is it not getting enough power?

Specs:

DFI INFINITY NF ULTRAII-M2 Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
COOLMAX "SLI" CXI-500B ATX v2.01 500W Power Supply - Retail
(2x) CORSAIR XMS2 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model CM2X1024-6400PRO - Retail
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2.2GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADA4200CUBOX - Retail
SAPPHIRE 100189L Radeon X1900GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 VIVO HDCP Video Card - Retail
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail

Thanks,
J

02-24-2007, 04:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
jbradshaw77 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 61 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2	Unusual click noise, then failure, with WD Raptor 74gig Hello, This is the 2nd drive I've gotten from newegg, and now it's doing the same exact, EXACT, thing as the first one. First off, it makes this click noise every now and then. This isn't the usual "clickclickclickclickclickclick" that hard drives always make, it's more like a "shinck" sound. It's disturbing, and my ears can detect it every time it happens. Now, about 2 weeks in, which is when it started happening with my other drive, it's to the point some times where it'll make the noise, then the pointer freezes, and maybe about 15 seconds later the computer simply restarts. What's weird is that upon looking at the reviews over at newegg of this product, out of 300 or so, there is only ONE 1-star rating. The rest are all 5's, 4's..etc. No one is having this problem but me. Do you think it's a power supply issue? Is it not getting enough power? Specs: DFI INFINITY NF ULTRAII-M2 Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail COOLMAX "SLI" CXI-500B ATX v2.01 500W Power Supply - Retail (2x) CORSAIR XMS2 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model CM2X1024-6400PRO - Retail AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2.2GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADA4200CUBOX - Retail SAPPHIRE 100189L Radeon X1900GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 VIVO HDCP Video Card - Retail Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail Thanks, J