Kicked Computer

[cheiften98]

My desktop is on the floor and my external hdd is behind my it. My foot slipped and I dont know if I kicked my external hdd or my desktop or both. There was an extremely loud grindy noise so i panicked and shut my pc off. I was playing overwatch at the time and thats on my internal hdd and that didnt crash or anything and i would of thought if it was my internal it would. Maybe its a fan or it was my hdd but hard drive sentinel already told me that my external was going to die. But it seems fine but I think there is more errors when i did a scan.

Just wondered if anyone would know what it could of possibly been? thanks

[ThinkWithPortals]

On a scale of gentle love-tap to rugby dropkick, roughly how hard did you kick your PC?

[babadoctor]

sounds like something got stuck in a fan

nothing to worry about

just make sure you keep your cables as far away as possible from the fans and ziptie them down

 

also if your hard drive broke one small kick to it wouldn't end its life, it was probably almost dead anyways

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

On a scale of gentle love-tap to rugby dropkick, roughly how hard did you kick your PC?

Footsie?

[Cracklingice]

My guess is wire in a fan.

 

[cheiften98]

ughhh not to hard i dont think but i think my pc did lift up on to 2 legs but ive done that before no problem (by accident) but i think i defintly kicked my external hdd which is at the back on the floor too.

[Evanair]

Could be either really. If you want to check, open your PC and disconnect the power cables to your hard drive(s).  Unplug the external.  Turn it on.  If you hear it still, it's a fan or a cable hitting a fan.

 

Plug in external, see if you hear anything.

 

turn off system, plug in HDD, turn back on.  

Just a process of elimination.

[cheiften98]

its not making the noise now, it stopped when i turned my pc off. i just panicked at the time so didnt try to see where it was coming from.

 

[cheiften98]

how durable are mechanical hard drives, ive never had one break but this is my first. I have an ssd too so i know physical damage wont affect those. Will a slight kick damage a mechanical hdd?

[cheiften98]

2 minutes ago, cheiften98 said:

its not making the noise now, it stopped when i turned my pc off. i just panicked at the time so didnt try to see where it was coming from.

 

I restarted my pc. not turned off. obviously it would stop then.

[ARikozuM]

Just now, cheiften98 said:

how durable are mechanical hard drives, ive never had one break but this is my first. I have an ssd too so i know physical damage wont affect those. Will a slight kick damage a mechanical hdd?

HDDs are pretty durable but any massive shock will affect the platter orientation and possibly lead to a broken head.

[VerticalDiscussions]

1 minute ago, cheiften98 said:

-snip-

Your slight kick wouldnt be something like this would it?

 

[Leonard]

This is proof that everything cries when they are ABUSED......you kicked her, you would make a loud noise if you were kicked. You better apologize before all the other components start to rebel against your tyranny. 

[cheiften98]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

HDDs are pretty durable but any massive shock will affect the platter orientation and possibly lead to a broken head.

if it were to be broken i wouldnt be able to use programs right now would i? or would it affect speed and errors?

[cheiften98]

1 minute ago, VerticalDiscussions said:

Your slight kick wouldnt be something like this would it?

 

lmao

[NumLock21]

I still remember my HS computer teaching says in the old days when a computer isn't starting up. People would actually kick it. This is where the word "boot up" comes from.

[cheiften98]

1 minute ago, Leonard said:

This is proof that everything cries when they are ABUSED......you kicked her, you would make a loud noise if you were kicked. You better apologize before all the other components start to rebel against your tyranny. 

"im sorry Toshiba"

[VerticalDiscussions]

1 minute ago, Leonard said:

-snip-

 - Aye very true.

[cheiften98]

Just now, VerticalDiscussions said:

 - Aye very true.

lma0o