[SOLVED] Weird noise - Seagate

[yamajee]

Hey guys,

Hoping for some help with this HDD I've had for a while that makes a weird kind of sound that I can't seem to figure out, all of the videos I watch on YouTube or elsewhere have different ticking/grinding noises and I couldn't find an HDD that has the same noise.

From what I'm hearing, it seems to be coming from the actuator arm. I thought it would be a damaged platter but after opening it and running it without the lid (yes I know it's not advised to do but I already gave up thinking any of the data is recoverable, so this will be for fun) the platter seems to be just fine with zero visible scratches.

Would appreciate any input!

View: https://youtu.be/k2L-Ra3ZHIE

 

[Grobe]

There may not be any visible damages on either surfaces. Also you've let in contaminated gas (i.e. air with dust particles) into the drive, so that in itself are a certain way of destroying the disk.

 

[yamajee]

There may not be any visible damages on either surfaces. Also you've let in contaminated gas (i.e. air with dust particles) into the drive, so that in itself are a certain way of destroying the disk.

It was the exact same noise prior to opening the lid so it really doesn't matter now whether I've let in dust or not, I am just asking since there was no clear answer to what this noise is.

 

[Grobe]

I am just asking since there was no clear answer to what this noise is

And you clearly did not read or understand what I just wrote. Please read again.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

You opened the drive and it is now completely unusable, no matter what the extraneous sound was.