HDD idle noise

[SirTibio]

Hey,

 

I've been having a weird problem with my drive and I'm unable to solve it myself so I'd like to ask for help. The problem is as follows. The drive is 1TB WDC 10EZEX HDD. It used to be split into two partitions:one for windows and the other for games. The drive was loud from the start but I thought it's because of those two partitions and the needle was jumping to different sides of the plates.

 

Recently I've finally get my first SSD drive, and while the improvement in speed is tremendous, the annoying sound of the drive persists. I thought that some files, cache, etc. was still used by the Windows for some reason, so I moved data from the HDD and formatted it. Unfortunately the noise is still there. I'm sure it's the disc's noise because when I disable it in Device Manager, there's no noise. Additionally, the noise starts when I'm playing games, even not demanding ones.

 

According resource monitor and Drives Meter (W7 gadget) disc is idle, no transfer whatsoever. Usage is at 0% as well.

 

What could be the cause of such a unusual behavior?

[Alibaladin]

Hey,

 

I've been having a weird problem with my drive and I'm unable to solve it myself so I'd like to ask for help. The problem is as follows. The drive is 1TB WDC 10EZEX HDD. It used to be split into two partitions:one for windows and the other for games. The drive was loud from the start but I thought it's because of those two partitions and the needle was jumping to different sides of the plates.

 

Recently I've finally get my first SSD drive, and while the improvement in speed is tremendous, the annoying sound of the drive persists. I thought that some files, cache, etc. was still used by the Windows for some reason, so I moved data from the HDD and formatted it. Unfortunately the noise is still there. I'm sure it's the disc's noise because when I disable it in Device Manager, there's no noise. Additionally, the noise starts when I'm playing games, even not demanding ones.

 

According resource monitor and Drives Meter (W7 gadget) disc is idle, no transfer whatsoever. Usage is at 0% as well.

 

What could be the cause of such a unusual behavior?

Its a sign of HDD failure from the bearing grinding away.

[Captain_WD]

Hey,

 

I've been having a weird problem with my drive and I'm unable to solve it myself so I'd like to ask for help. The problem is as follows. The drive is 1TB WDC 10EZEX HDD. It used to be split into two partitions:one for windows and the other for games. The drive was loud from the start but I thought it's because of those two partitions and the needle was jumping to different sides of the plates.

 

Recently I've finally get my first SSD drive, and while the improvement in speed is tremendous, the annoying sound of the drive persists. I thought that some files, cache, etc. was still used by the Windows for some reason, so I moved data from the HDD and formatted it. Unfortunately the noise is still there. I'm sure it's the disc's noise because when I disable it in Device Manager, there's no noise. Additionally, the noise starts when I'm playing games, even not demanding ones.

 

According resource monitor and Drives Meter (W7 gadget) disc is idle, no transfer whatsoever. Usage is at 0% as well.

 

What could be the cause of such a unusual behavior?

 

 

Hey Sirtibio,

 

Sorry to hear about the problem with the drive. I would recommend running WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic tool (http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=ZC5N7z) on the drive to see if it has problems with its health. Also you could try running the drive externally or in another system in order to see if the sounds persist and they are not caused by any bad mounting in the case. 

 

Captain_WD.

[SirTibio]

@captain_WD

 

I'm pretty sure I've check the mounting but it wont hurt checking it again. 

 

The one thing I don't understand is why the disc gets noisy when I play something (it gets loud only when playing games, rendering and other types of activity doesn't cause the noise)