Ticking Case!

[stan92]

Every few minutes sometimes every hour or sometimes at longest a few times a day my case will make a loud ticking noise like something plastic has been knocked into it??? Thing is nothing is touching it what could it be???

[Matsy]

Failing hard drive maybe?

[DirkaFat]

Your pet is trapped inside

[rustikles]

Check to make sure none of your fans have bent fins or are not performing well. That or it might be a failing hard drive, yeah.

[stan92]

@Matsy  its not ticking like hard drives sound its different, ive had a hard drive tick before... years ago

[Frix]

I used to have a similar problem with my old Dell, I just used to give it a kick when it happened and it stopped, never found out what it was, wasn't the hard drive as I am using the same one in my current rig.

[Liam-McShane]

I imagine it is the case expanding and contracting with the heat. My case does it

[stan92]

ok, thanks @Liam-McShane is it a bad thing? can it stuff anything up?

[Liam-McShane]

ok, thanks @Liam-McShane is it a bad thing? can it stuff anything up?

Not that i know off, it will only move a small amount. It may eventually settle and it will never do it again, although not guaranteed.

[stan92]

How old is your case and what case are you using @Liam-McShane ???

[Liam-McShane]

How old is your case and what case are you using @Liam-McShane ???

I'm using a CM storm Stryker. It's 7 months old and still makes the sounds.

[stan92]

@Liam-McShane ok, where and how have you heard of them settling and never doing it again???

[Liam-McShane]

@Liam-McShane ok, where and how have you heard of them settling and never doing it again???

My old case eventually stopped, it was some Thermaltake crap. It's like most things involving metal, they just take a little time for everything to settle.

[middleclasspoor]

You wouldn't happen to be using one of these would you?.....

 

Thermaltake Black Widow W0319RU 850W PSU

 

I'm having a similar issue with my system and that's the PSU I use.....just curious.