Hi all,Iv just installed a new hardrive,and everytime i start it up it clicks a few times but then its fine.I'v ran the seatools long generic test and the short drive self test and both passed.Hardrive seems to be running fine :S.Just the few clicks at startups a bit worrying.What should i do?
video card brand and model owercooler ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB
cpu: AMD FX 6100 six core 3.30 ghz
m/board: Asus m5a78l-m lx V2
ram : 8GB 1333 mhz (CPU-Z telling me DRAM freq is 669.7 mhz :S)
power supply:OCZ Stealth XStream 600W PSU - SLI Ready ATX2.2 12cm Fan
a clicking HDD means it's on it's way out. I would backup all data. You can send it back to Seagate and get a new HDD if it is within 30 days or get a refurbished one if it is longer then that. I would not keep it.
The power requirements of a computer may be within the nominal specs of a PSU but that doesn't mean that individual output lines (particularly the 12v) will never be overstressed. This could happen during exceptional situations, such as system startup. The manufacturers of inferior PSUs can play a variety of games with the specifications to make them appear better than they really are. Weak or failing PSUs can cause some very unusual problems.
The fact that the problem only occurs on startup would tend to indicate that it is not an HD problem, although that cannot be entirely discounted.
i got the bios voltage on startup,dunno if that makes a difference,could it be the case screws on the hd? even if i restart the pc or turn it off for a little while and turn back on its fine,just seems to be once its off for a night etc.
Your PSU is fine. The drive has failed. You can test this theory by pulling the drive and attaching it to a USB Adapter with it's own Power Supply, if the drive is still clicking, then it has failed.
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