Screeching Sound...HD about to Fail?

Ogata · 02-19-2007, 05:31 PM

Hi,

This has happened for 3 days now and I have been hearing these weird screehing noises much like when a wheel of some sort has not been oiled and makes that noise. What could it be? I'm suggesting it could be a Hardrive. Thoughts/Opinions? It only makes the sound occasionally maybe every 2-3 minutes

I have:

1 X Seagate 80GB SATAII
1 X Maxtor 200gb SATAI
1 X 320GBKS Western Digital SATAII

**scottydont2841** · 02-19-2007, 06:34 PM

Yea it's one of your hard drives, I'd back up any important data ASAP, and although it doesnt necessarily mean its gonna break (mate had a similar problem and drive lasted for a year and still is, he just replaced it because noise was annoying), but be prepared just in case, I think its the cogs that spin the disk that make the screech.

dscharge · 02-20-2007, 04:27 AM

Listen closely the hard drives. If they do (one of them) the sound then be prepared that it may die soon :)
However when I first time heard funny noises from my case it was only the graphics card's fan what needed some oil only, and I thought it is the hdd :)

So make sure 100% the noise is coming from the hdds before panicing :)

Ogata · 02-20-2007, 08:27 AM

Thanks for all your input guys. I will be looking into my case and putting my ear against the HDs. I do not hear it now though. I hope its one of my fans.

02-19-2007, 05:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ogata Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 232 OS: Windows XP	Screeching Sound...HD about to Fail? Hi, This has happened for 3 days now and I have been hearing these weird screehing noises much like when a wheel of some sort has not been oiled and makes that noise. What could it be? I'm suggesting it could be a Hardrive. Thoughts/Opinions? It only makes the sound occasionally maybe every 2-3 minutes I have: 1 X Seagate 80GB SATAII 1 X Maxtor 200gb SATAI 1 X 320GBKS Western Digital SATAII Last edited by Ogata; 02-19-2007 at 05:33 PM.

02-19-2007, 06:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
scottydont2841 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bristol, England, UK. Posts: 1,224 OS: Vista Home Premium My System	Yea it's one of your hard drives, I'd back up any important data ASAP, and although it doesnt necessarily mean its gonna break (mate had a similar problem and drive lasted for a year and still is, he just replaced it because noise was annoying), but be prepared just in case, I think its the cogs that spin the disk that make the screech.

02-20-2007, 04:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
dscharge Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 16 OS: Windows Vista x64 Home premium	Listen closely the hard drives. If they do (one of them) the sound then be prepared that it may die soon :) However when I first time heard funny noises from my case it was only the graphics card's fan what needed some oil only, and I thought it is the hdd :) So make sure 100% the noise is coming from the hdds before panicing :)

02-20-2007, 08:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ogata Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 232 OS: Windows XP	Thanks for all your input guys. I will be looking into my case and putting my ear against the HDs. I do not hear it now though. I hope its one of my fans.