Rattling noise... help me

**norin** · 11-09-2005, 12:14 PM

i just installed 2 optical drives, CDRW and a DVDRW i changed my case recently and just now got to installing the Drives. now when the computer starts i here this rattling like sound... i think it might be screws either too tight or loose so i will check that. anything else i should look at?

**w00t** · 11-09-2005, 01:06 PM

Wow, is there anything in the drive? Do they work properly?

If it was the screws being loose then it would be more of a buzzing sound the a rattling noise as the drives spin up.

Could you have droped a screw somewhere (I droped a screw once and it ratlled everytime my box spun up.)

**norin** · 11-09-2005, 01:22 PM

no issue fixed now. i took the side off and checked the screws they were a bit tight sso i loosened them a bit but the drives are still solid within the system. but the problem was my fan on the side of the case was being bombarded by my wires inside and it made that rattling noice. a bit of cleaning up and organzation of the wires [which basically means i just pushed them out of the way a bit more for the time being

] but this issue is fixed and it makes me happy.

but thanks for the help and the quick responsiveness

**w00t** · 11-16-2005, 12:52 PM

**Terrister** · 11-16-2005, 05:16 PM

Not really. At least one model of Dell towers has a bad problem with this. The power lead that plugs in near the cpu gets caught in the case fan. I found out about it when I let a Dell tech replace a power supply. I had to show him how to do it correctly.

**norin** · 11-18-2005, 03:01 AM

lol see i wouldn't go for one of the pre-mades. for the same price u can get sumthin betters. but i will admit some stuff i have seen that is good from some of the pre-mades companies.

**w00t** · 11-18-2005, 01:26 PM

Yeah I hate when wires get caught in fans

one a psu mod led to its demise as a wire stoped its fan and you know what happened..............................

11-09-2005, 12:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
norin TSF Veteran Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: L-Town, Maine Posts: 1,748 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System	Rattling noise... help me i just installed 2 optical drives, CDRW and a DVDRW i changed my case recently and just now got to installing the Drives. now when the computer starts i here this rattling like sound... i think it might be screws either too tight or loose so i will check that. anything else i should look at? __________________

11-09-2005, 01:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
w00t Chex mix and Cream soda! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Oahu Posts: 596 OS: Slackware 11.1, Fedora Core 3, K12LTSP, Suse ES 9, Windows 2000sp4, Mac OSX, Knoppix, Mephis	Wow, is there anything in the drive? Do they work properly? If it was the screws being loose then it would be more of a buzzing sound the a rattling noise as the drives spin up. Could you have droped a screw somewhere (I droped a screw once and it ratlled everytime my box spun up.) __________________ Elvis didn't die he just went open source w00tb0t, because you can't make tea with potatoes

11-09-2005, 01:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
norin TSF Veteran Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: L-Town, Maine Posts: 1,748 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System	no issue fixed now. i took the side off and checked the screws they were a bit tight sso i loosened them a bit but the drives are still solid within the system. but the problem was my fan on the side of the case was being bombarded by my wires inside and it made that rattling noice. a bit of cleaning up and organzation of the wires [which basically means i just pushed them out of the way a bit more for the time being ] but this issue is fixed and it makes me happy. but thanks for the help and the quick responsiveness __________________

11-16-2005, 12:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
w00t Chex mix and Cream soda! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Oahu Posts: 596 OS: Slackware 11.1, Fedora Core 3, K12LTSP, Suse ES 9, Windows 2000sp4, Mac OSX, Knoppix, Mephis	__________________ Elvis didn't die he just went open source w00tb0t, because you can't make tea with potatoes

11-16-2005, 05:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,098 OS: Xp	Not really. At least one model of Dell towers has a bad problem with this. The power lead that plugs in near the cpu gets caught in the case fan. I found out about it when I let a Dell tech replace a power supply. I had to show him how to do it correctly. __________________

11-18-2005, 03:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
norin TSF Veteran Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: L-Town, Maine Posts: 1,748 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System	lol see i wouldn't go for one of the pre-mades. for the same price u can get sumthin betters. but i will admit some stuff i have seen that is good from some of the pre-mades companies. __________________

11-18-2005, 01:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
w00t Chex mix and Cream soda! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Oahu Posts: 596 OS: Slackware 11.1, Fedora Core 3, K12LTSP, Suse ES 9, Windows 2000sp4, Mac OSX, Knoppix, Mephis	Yeah I hate when wires get caught in fans one a psu mod led to its demise as a wire stoped its fan and you know what happened.............................. __________________ Elvis didn't die he just went open source w00tb0t, because you can't make tea with potatoes