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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: Patty on February 24, 2006, 02:12:02 PM

Title: weird noise comming from hard drive ??
Post by: Patty on February 24, 2006, 02:12:02 PM

My hard drive makes a continuous sound that sounds like a cow going moo , about every three or 4 seconds; has anybody got any idea what this may be?...the computer still works fine while this is happening but it does sound like it may be dying . Please help .

Title: Re: weird noise comming from hard drive ??
Post by: Flame on February 24, 2006, 02:23:40 PM

Have you scanned for viruses and Spyware? When did this start? Have you made any changes to your system recently?

Flame

Title: Re: weird noise comming from hard drive ??
Post by: GX1_Man on February 24, 2006, 03:46:06 PM

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My hard drive makes a continuous sound that sounds like a cow going moo , about every three or 4 seconds; has anybody got any idea what this may be?...the computer still works fine while this is happening but it does sound like it may be dying . Please help .

Try some free diagnostics from the appropriate manufacturer's web site:

http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1122425778

Title: Re: weird noise comming from hard drive ??
Post by: Patty on February 25, 2006, 07:39:39 AM

i haved cleaned and defragmented the c drive and deleted some music and pictures to free up some space but hard drive is still moaning away.

Title: Re: weird noise comming from hard drive ??
Post by: Flame on February 25, 2006, 07:57:02 AM

Maybe it's on the way out  :-/

Flame

Title: Re: weird noise comming from hard drive ??
Post by: Fed on February 25, 2006, 01:03:35 PM

How did you determine the noise was coming from your HDD and not another component?

Title: Re: weird noise comming from hard drive ??
Post by: GX1_Man on February 25, 2006, 02:19:22 PM

Fed, are you familiar with any internal moo-ing components?

Title: Re: weird noise comming from hard drive ??
Post by: Fed on February 25, 2006, 02:25:24 PM

I've known my share of old cows. :D
One thing I have noticed is that many people call their computer... 'My hard drive', so I wanted to make sure we weren't being led up the wrong track.
Patty probably has a noisy fan,... I could be wrong. LOL!

Title: Re: weird noise comming from hard drive ??
Post by: Patty on February 26, 2006, 10:22:46 AM

I haven't tried any free diagnostic software yet but i can say that the noise is comming from deep inside the hard drive.I don't think it is the fan becuase you can also hear a quiet steady hum of wich i assume to be the fan.This is deffinitely a sound that also sounds like someone snorring.If nobody has had this problem it sure isn't common and maybe its just on its death bed.Thanks for the tips anyway; i'll let you know if i ever find out what it is.

Title: Re: weird noise comming from hard drive ??
Post by: Backdated on February 26, 2006, 10:43:50 AM

Is it an ExcelStor drive and does it sound perhaps more like a sheep than a cow?

Title: Re: weird noise comming from hard drive ??
Post by: Flame on February 26, 2006, 11:23:06 AM

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sounds like a cow going moo...

I hope it's a cow  ;)

Flame

Title: Re: weird noise comming from hard drive ??
Post by: Fed on February 26, 2006, 01:06:38 PM

Does the mooing stop if you disconnect the hard drive?

Title: Re: weird noise comming from hard drive ??
Post by: Flame on February 26, 2006, 02:40:14 PM

Is the hard disk internal or external? When did this start anyway?

Flame

Title: Weird noise coming from hard drive.
Post by: MASH on February 26, 2006, 03:02:59 PM

I think you lot are just milking this one.

Title: Weird noise coming from hard drive.
Post by: MASH on February 26, 2006, 03:03:28 PM

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My hard drive makes a continuous sound that sounds like a cow going moo , about every three or 4 seconds; has anybody got any idea what this may be?...the computer still works fine while this is happening but it does sound like it may be dying . Please help .

I might simply be due to resonance inducing a sound in whatever the computer is standing on or something nearby.

On the other hand it might be resonance in the casing itself in which case you should see if the drive retaining screws are firmly tightened.