Posts belonging to Category 'Hard Drive Clicking'
February 2, 2010 | Posted by harddriveclicking
Very often hard drive clicking sounds are directly related to power supply problems. This can be because of a faulty power supply or a power supply that is overloaded.
Some ways to test for and/or resolve HDD clicking noises due to power supply problems are:
Note: These steps assume that you know the components that make up [...]
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December 14, 2009 | Posted by harddriveclicking
Sometimes hard drive clicking sounds can be resolved by upgrading the hard drive’s firmware. If a model of hard drive is prone to hard drive clicking problems the manufacturer may release an updated firmware code to fix the problem.
To check to see if there has been an updated firmware for your hard drive you should [...]
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December 7, 2009 | Posted by harddriveclicking
Some hard drives are more prone to make clicking sounds when the drive is highly fragmented. If you have a hard drive making clicking sounds you could defragment the drive to see if that stops or reduces any clicking noises. If a disk defrag helps then you should defrag your hard drive more often and [...]
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November 30, 2009 | Posted by harddriveclicking
If the hard drive has been making clicking sounds for some time and still appears to function correctly, then these sounds may be the natural sounds of the hard drive. Clicking sounds are normal for some hard drives. Different makes and models of hard drives make lots of different sounds. Even after working as an [...]
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November 18, 2009 | Posted by harddriveclicking
Sometimes having a hard drive on a non-level surface can cause clicking sounds. This is more likely to happen with older hard drives.
To see if this is the cause of your hard drive clicking noise, you should check the positioning of your hard drive. If your hard drive is inside of a personal computer (PC), [...]
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November 16, 2009 | Posted by harddriveclicking
Although pretty uncommon, there have been some graphic card drivers that have been known to cause hard drive clicking noises. These have normally been beta (test) drivers. To eliminate this potential cause, you should try changing your graphics card drivers.
Nvidia drivers can be found here.
ATI/AMD drivers can be found here.
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November 7, 2009 | Posted by harddriveclicking
Often an external hard drive will making clicking sounds due a loose connection, faulty cable or a faulty power adapter.
To troubleshoot:
Unplug all of the cables and then visually check the cable connections. While still unplugged from any power source or computer connection, plug the cables in and out of their sockets on the external hard drive [...]
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November 2, 2009 | Posted by harddriveclicking
The click of death normally happens when the hard drive heads cannot tell where the tracks required are on the platter(s). This causes the heads to keep moving until the actuator arm that holds the heads hit a physical stop. The click of death sound that you hear is the sound made when the actuator [...]
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