High pitched whistling! - Page 2

SOSAGES · 12-01-2004, 12:45

buying a hard drive these days is a bit of a risk

short while ago all manufactires put IDE drives warrenty to a year as they know they cock up

for my self and my work i have seen way to many drives go tits up normally a quick format will give it a new lease of life for another 6 months but its no way to run a pc

ntl customer · 12-01-2004, 17:26

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It's a Seagate Barracuda 80Gb, 7200 rpm

Hmm....my Seagate hard drive has started to develop a whining noise whilst working too - and this one is only about a month or so old. It's not a ST380023A is it?

It is really starting to get annoying, especially as I bought this drive for it's "super quietness" as this computer is in the bedroom and switched on 24/7. I suspect it is due to the way it is mounted - as it is mounted vertically in the case (blame packard bell for that - bunch of tits who can't design the interior of cases properly

). Is yours like this?

Sipowicz · 12-01-2004, 22:27

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Originally Posted by ntl customer

Hmm....my Seagate hard drive has started to develop a whining noise whilst working too - and this one is only about a month or so old. It's not a ST380023A is it?

It is really starting to get annoying, especially as I bought this drive for it's "super quietness" as this computer is in the bedroom and switched on 24/7. I suspect it is due to the way it is mounted - as it is mounted vertically in the case (blame packard bell for that - bunch of tits who can't design the interior of cases properly

). Is yours like this?

Hi, the model number of mine is ST380011A. It is mounted horizontally in a cooled bay (I have 2 drives fitted in the same bay, with their own cooling fan blowing across them) I put it all together myself from my own spec. The drive(s) are quiet - apart from the suspect noise. I have more of a hum from the 6 fans inside the case!

I put it all back together tonight to take off my data before returning it to the shop (I found the receipt!) - Not a sound!???

I'll run it for an hour or so to see if it starts again. It didn't take long to start before (within minutes of boot up)

Sipowicz · 12-01-2004, 22:51

Nearly 30 minutes without a sound! has it gone??? Knowing my luck, this silent period would occur again when it is at the shop being checked out!!

Sipowicz · 13-01-2004, 01:17

Nearly 3 hours after boot up and it whistles for the first time tonight! This time I had the case open (tower) and "touched" the suspect drive as it wailed. It stopped! I thought that the screws in the bay might be loose (you know, vibration and 7200 rpm, resonance that sort of thing) tightened the screw and it got worse; loosened it and silence!!!!! This is going to bug me........

rdhw · 13-01-2004, 07:46

The usual cause of a whistle or screech from a hard disk is the earthing spring contact that rubs against the rotating axle, to prevent static build-up. Sometimes the rubbing sets up a resonance in the contact, creating the screech.