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Title: So... HDD's now squealing:
Post by: sk89q on August 07, 2008, 07:22:52 PM

My HDD started squealing recently. It's been hot lately, so I suspect that that might be the cause.

Start up/shut off (hear the shut off!):
http://sk89q.therisenrealm.com/uploads/odd.mp3 (Flash player version (http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/8681/jwplayerjy8.swf?file=http://sk89q.therisenrealm.com/uploads/odd.mp3&autostart=true))

When it's on:
http://sk89q.therisenrealm.com/uploads/odd2.mp3 (Flash player version (http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/8681/jwplayerjy8.swf?file=http://sk89q.therisenrealm.com/uploads/odd2.mp3&autostart=true))

HDD monitoring software give it a "good"/~69% rating. The computer is less than two months old.

Got any ideas? I've already backup-ed/ghosted everything.

Title: Re: So... HDD's now squealing:
Post by: KnacK on August 07, 2008, 08:52:24 PM

is the hd only 2 months old also?
If its squealing, its just a matter of time before it fails.

HDDs are cheap: just replace it.

Now, with that being said, I've got an hdd I use as a scratch drive that's about 7 years old, is louder than any fan, and works like a dream.  I'm going to keep on using it till it fails as I have essentially nothing on it.