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Failing HDD?

Oberon.Smite
By Oberon.Smite
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I can't tell if my HDD is just noisy or is failing. It makes a rather loud "WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" sound. No crazy clicks from the pen though.

Just sounds like a loud harddrive

CPU: some amd thing Motherboard: its black RAM: its memory thats for sure GPU: r7 260x Case: corsair spec 01 Storage: 1tb of it PSU: 430w, so many watts

Display: its asus Cooling: fans Keyboard: logitech g710+ #browns4lyfe Mouse: its a logitech Sound: its what you hear Operating System: winders  

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I can't tell if my HDD is just noisy or is failing. It makes a rather loud "WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" sound. No crazy clicks from the pen though.

Has it always made this noise or has it just recently started doing it or have you never just paid enough attention to it?

CPU: some amd thing Motherboard: its black RAM: its memory thats for sure GPU: r7 260x Case: corsair spec 01 Storage: 1tb of it PSU: 430w, so many watts

Display: its asus Cooling: fans Keyboard: logitech g710+ #browns4lyfe Mouse: its a logitech Sound: its what you hear Operating System: winders  

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Its a salvaged HDD I got from someone's PC just two hours ago.

 

 

Thanks and love that signature!

Seems like you just got a noisy one and thanks

CPU: some amd thing Motherboard: its black RAM: its memory thats for sure GPU: r7 260x Case: corsair spec 01 Storage: 1tb of it PSU: 430w, so many watts

Display: its asus Cooling: fans Keyboard: logitech g710+ #browns4lyfe Mouse: its a logitech Sound: its what you hear Operating System: winders  

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Its a salvaged HDD I got from someone's PC just two hours ago.

Well that explains it... Keep it running a bit longer to see if it dies/keeps making the nose/quitens down however I would back it up ASAP just in as it does die

It Won't Fail Cause of Me.

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I would benchmark it using CrystalDiskMark and see if it matches the speed it is supposed to run. If it is slow, that can be a sign it's dying.

CPU: i5-6600k @ 4.4GHz | Motherboard: Asus Z170 Pro Gaming | RAM: 8GB HyperX Fury | GPU: Asus Strix GTX 980 | Case: NZXT Noctis 450 Red/Black | Storage: 256GB Sandisk SSD + 1TB Western Digital HDD | PSU: EVGA 750w | Monitor: ASUS VS247H | CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo | Keyboard: $15 Cheapo Rubber Dome Keyboard | Mouse: Rosewill RGM-300


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