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Weird sound with my WD Elements 4 TB

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Hello everyone, 

 

Recently when I kept my external HDD (WD Elements 4TB) plugged in, my computer would not boot, and when I plugged it back after booting, sometimes I would have no issues reading and writing from/to it, sometimes it wouldn't respond. In such cases I could hear the sound I've recorded and attached to my message. 

 

Should I start making copies of what's inside because it's an early sign of failure or it's nothing too worrying ? 

 

Thanks ! 

 

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That sounds like the drive can't stay spinning properly, most likely because of a lack of power. Are you using the original cable that came with the drive? Also, are you using it with a USB hub?

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Thanks for your reply, I've kept the original cable, I've tried on a hub which was connected from a USB-C output on my laptop with, supposedly, a 100 W of power delivery, but it did this sound.

The same happened on a regular USB type A (3.0) output on my laptop. I haven't considered the fact that the laptop was not plugged in and was using its battery, I'll try with the laptop plugged in.  

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Try with a couple of cables on a desktop PC if you can, but yes it seems it's dying and fails to spin up or calibrate. 

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I got 6TB WD Elements few months ago, and it does the same sound randomly for me, especially when I do recording with nvidia shadowplay to that hard drive and/or maybe something to do with the hot temperature during summer.

I did some hd tune testing and while SMART seems ok, there is some massive spikes during benchmark, I'd recommend you try the scan too.

I think the hard drive is defective, mine even has its own power supply.

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This sounds to me like the it doesn't have enough power for plates to move,if your power source is okay I'd assume there is an issue in electronic circuit board.

I'd make a copy of files just in case.

Are you using genuine adapter which came with the drive,and an usb 3.0 cable?

 

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Thanks for understanding.

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