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Fix a noisy PC/Hard Drive/DVD ROM
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| sepiuta 2004-08-08, 7:54 pm |
| Hope you all can help...
I just made (last week) my very 1st PC. All new parts. Everything is working fine except that the hard drive , DVDROM is really noisy. It gets this revving sound while I'm using the computer. When I insert a CD, it's noisy as well. Now before you ask how noisy is noisy, it's louder than my external room air conditioner. Are my devices not secure enough? Is my power supply faulty? Can it be a fan? Can you help?
WD 160Gb Hard drive 7200rpm U100
P4 2.8Ghz 800Mhz CPU HT
LiteOn DVDROM JLMS XJ-HD166S (sorry I don't have the speeds with me)
MSI 865PE Neo2P Mobo (CPU stays within 47C -57C.)
Power Supply 400W came with Codegen Case
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| badpapajj 2004-08-08, 10:33 pm |
| You said you have new parts. If the HDD is that noisy it is probably defective. Return it! | |
| Deja-vue 2004-08-09, 1:38 am |
| silly answer,badpapajj
All WD Hard drives are somewhat noisy...i would try to return it if you can, and get a Seagate, if you like things quiet.
I have dropped the WD Hard drives all together,they go bad too quickly.
I only install Maxtors now. Good, reliable Drives, not the quietest ones, but reliable and the price is right.
Western Digital screwed me several times, once on a Rebate ($50.00) and once they shipped me a refurbished Drive in exchange for a brand new (failing) 200 Gig Hard drive.No more Western Digital for me.
I have installed now 60 or 70 Maxtors in the last 6-8 months, and only two failures...i can live with that.
About your noisy DVD-Drive:
Does this happen with original CD's or DVD's ?
I have found that old, worn out CD's or DVD's, specially those with labels attached to them, are spinning up and whobble inside the DVD-Drive. That creates a lot of noise.
Check that.
Also check if you got enough memory installed to keep your machine from "paging" too much to the Hard drive, that creates too much noise as well.
Report back here in the Hardware-forum and let us know, how things develop.
Good luck! |
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