Hard Drive Noise

[Nick80835]

I've had this PC for about 9 months now, and since a couple of weeks ago, I've heard this light rattle noise in the HDD, like in an old PC. I'm not 100% sure if its new or not though because I am not that observant of sounds. It usually makes the noise right after hitting the power button, and when shutting down. It also seems to do it a little when loading up big games, such as GTA 5.

I just wanted to know if this is normal, OK, or something I should worry about.

 

[junkeymonkey]

well to me if your 100% sure its coming from your hard drive [I assume its a platter type and not a ssd] then no its not normal

you can try a hard drive test like WD data life guard or seagates seatool and check it but if its a mechanical like the platters sticking or motor or a bearing or the arm going bad may not pick that up

me, I play it safe the sorry back up and replace if I was sure it was coming from in the drive [opinion]

 

[Ok Go]

check the hdd using programs such ass HDDtune to see the health of your drive. if it's fine then, you could invest on some noise dampening rubber HDD mounting bracket.
it's most likely the sound of the head moving around seeking the datas inside your hdd. most enterprise rated HDD such as WD caviar black series makes those sounds, and the rubber bracket helps it a bit.

 

[junkeymonkey]

I use nothing but wd blacks and I don't ?? its like there not even there ... bad advice

go ask this wd rep and see what he says

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2837146/normal-loud-drive-noise.html

 

[Ok Go]

not all the time, but on a hight random read activity the clicking sounds starts. never had any issues on the hdd tho( 4 years, 4 hdds, still operating normally but sometimes, noisy).

 

[junkeymonkey]

as they say on the ''the click of death'' wow

it come down to what value or importance of what you got on the ''suspect'' drive and how you go about it may last years ? months ? or the next few times you fire up ??

your call

 

[scout_03]

i been using wd black for over 10 years and none of them have ever made that sound ,i suggest to the poster to use the software from the hdd maker to test it on both short and long test .

 

[Ok Go]

maybe, maybe i'm just lucky in those 4 years, but hddtune and smart doesnt give any warning up until now. but it wont matter much now anyway since last week i already backup all off them and preparing to move to all ssd setup. maybe i got lucky on my call. it's the posters call now.

 

[junkeymonkey]

the software may not or just don't tell you ''your bearings are going bad motor is coming apart ' just if it can read/write data with in its parameters

I had known failed drives pass smart -- PASSED -- passed it right into the trash can

 

[Nick80835]

I actually have a WD Cavier Blue 500gb, which has about 170gb free

Also, if this makes any difference, this started after I installed GTA5 (62GB) and it is mounted fine.

 

[junkeymonkey]

it comes down to a judgment call on you on what I said above -- I cant tell you due its not my stuff stored and used on it ?

all you can do is what you feel is right in the end

I gave a link with a wd rep to message and get his opinion ? maybe a seagate rep around here as well to try ??

 

[Nick80835]

I just booted up my pc today, and it seems to be much quieter now, i hope it stays that way.

 

[junkeymonkey]

'' hope'' -- I like that . sounds positive with out confidence

good luck