Sounds from HDD

  1. #1
    akka is offline Newbie

    Sounds from HDD

    Hello! Please, help me, I'm having a problem: When I first turned on my computer(when I bought this), there were very strange sounds from HDD. When the CPU Usage is more than 5% I can hear this sounds. Please, download recording of this sound from here:
    http://www.filefactory.com/file/af99c2f/n/asd_wav
    Please, download this and listen...
    HDD Model is "ST3160815AS"


  2. #2
    rokytnji is offline Dedicated Member
    Howdy and Welcome Akka. I downloaded your wav file and listened. I run linux so I wasn't afeared of virus or malware infecting my computer. I Heard the platter indexing on the hardrive. That is that little cricket sound I think you are hearing.

    Some Hardrives are louder than others. You could do a stress test on it to check it out if you so wish. Is this your Hardrive by any chance?

    http://www.directron.com/st3160815as.html#caption

    This link is for Seatools which you can use to diagnose a seagate hardrive.eace:

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    akka is offline Newbie
    seatools didn't find any problems!!!

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    rokytnji is offline Dedicated Member
    Well, you could do a spring clean of your Desktop with a can of compressed air.

    http://www.computerhope.com/cleaning.htm

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