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Cheesecake Charlie

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[ SOLVED ] .......... Harddrive Making Strange Noises

Hi All

Today my HDD has started to make funny noises plus there has been an increase in the HDD temp.  It usually runs at 36/37 now its constantly 40 plus these weird noises.  The laptop & harddrive are not even 12 months old.  Any suggestions or ideas

Cheers

Last edited by Cheesecake Charlie (2012-05-21 07:37:31)

lilsirecho

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Re: [ SOLVED ] .......... Harddrive Making Strange Noises

Perhaps the internal fan has failed.  Need cleaning?

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Cheesecake Charlie

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Re: [ SOLVED ] .......... Harddrive Making Strange Noises

Maybe, but i can feel air venting ...

ewaller

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Re: [ SOLVED ] .......... Harddrive Making Strange Noises

Does your drive support SMART ?  If so install smartctl and see what drive has to say.

How are your backups?

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stefanwilkens

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Re: [ SOLVED ] .......... Harddrive Making Strange Noises

define "funny noises"; is it a clicking, is it repeating? is it a buzzing? whirring? we'll need to know more to be able to give you an indication of what is going on.

Is it, for instance, comparable to the clicking sound in the first ~ 25 seconds of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoVBHG4kajA

Also, while you may be able to feel air venting, you may not know how much air is venting and how dusty the cooling elements are. Some pressurized air or a vacuum cleaner with a blow function will be to attempt a dust removal without having to take the laptop apart.

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Cheesecake Charlie

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Re: [ SOLVED ] .......... Harddrive Making Strange Noises

@ewaller ... Yes i have smart installed and running

I turned it off, turned it upside down and get the hoover on it ... The noise disappeared and the temp dropped 3 degrees ......

All good again