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#1 2009-09-23 13:48:07
- helpvampire
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Disk making annoying noises.
Hi,
My disk has started making two vibrating noises everytime I open or close a program or press save button and sometimes randomly.
It's like "brrrrp brrrrp" and each noise is about half a second long and it is very annoying. The sound is identical every time.
It has been doing it for approximately a week and this morning I took the disk out of the computer and dropped it on a matt in the hope that the impact would fix it and the noise is still there although it sounds higher pitched.
Please tell me how I can stop it from making the noise thanks.
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#2 2009-09-23 13:54:09
- Tillotson
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Re: Disk making annoying noises.
Backup NOW!!!
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#3 2009-09-23 14:01:32
- helpvampire
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Re: Disk making annoying noises.
Yeah it's in a raid array so I won't lose data but the noise is very annoying 
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I've worked out that it only makes the noise on writes, not reads.
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#4 2009-09-23 18:28:19
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Re: Disk making annoying noises.
1. Backup
2. Install smartmontools and check to see what's up with the drive
3. Replace it
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#5 2009-09-23 18:59:01
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Re: Disk making annoying noises.
Since you're in a RAID (assuming mirrored) you should probably RMA the disc in question ASAP.
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#6 2009-09-25 11:21:00
- helpvampire
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Re: Disk making annoying noises.
Thanks I replaced the disk.
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