Uh Oh

TychoCelchuuu

<div class="IPBDescription">My hard drive is making noises</div> Uh, this isn't good. Whenever I start up my computer and log into a user account, my 20 gig hard drive goes KACKLICK, KACLICK, or sometimes does that 3 or four times. This is only when I log in, but it's not something I think I should be hearing. My question is, is this a "backup yer crap and ditch the drive" sort of thing or a "backup yer crap and hope the drive doesn't break" thing?

eediot

backup and hope, methinks there mgiht be something causing it to go klickit clack clack here come the ducks

i dont know... google

or just wait for somone who isnt an idiot to reply <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

/looks around

Diablus

if you downlaoded steam thats the problem with your HD

Owen1

i'm gonna be blunt... back up everything and open up ur cpu. remove the hard drive (if u know wha it looks like) and place it on a sterile surface. <i>carefully</i> remove the outer top casing by unscrewing the plating, dont touch the round thing with bare hands, make sure u have rubber gloves on. find the abnormal part (usually just a loose screw or even an axle) and remove, clean, put back. put the plate back on and put back in ur cpu. if the problem persists try and contact the manufacturer... but i'd just get a new 120 gb for 40 sheets on ebay

RPG_Jssmfulhud

Don't do that... Or at least that's my advice... It's mostly just a faulty low-factory-format or the HDD just crapped out. Backup at once and get low formatting tools, format and see if it fixes the problem. I had 3 HDDS, yes, 3!! that had this problem and were fixed with low-format. Good luck! <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

EDIT: A single typo...

Dihard

If you have an IBM Deskstar, back up everything you can then RMA it back to them ASAP. It's a known problem with that series of drives, and once you get a new one you can get a firmware update that will fix the problem.

Dubers

Basically like said before BACKUP YOUR STUFF RIGHT BLOODY NOW!!!

Then as a less drastic measure do a full system clean up, scan for spyware, disable unesesary programs that run in the backround, virus scan, defragment your drive and then check it for errors using the relevant tools.

Whatever you do DONT take your drive apart unless you know EXACTLY what your doing.

CrystalSnake

<!--QuoteBegin--[DRS]Lt.S.Owen+Sep 13 2003, 03:07 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([DRS]Lt.S.Owen @ Sep 13 2003, 03:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->i'm gonna be blunt... back up everything and open up ur cpu.
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My advice would be to download a new CPU <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

Dubers

<!--QuoteBegin--CrystalSnake+Sep 13 2003, 03:12 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CrystalSnake @ Sep 13 2003, 03:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--[DRS]Lt.S.Owen+Sep 13 2003, 03:07 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([DRS]Lt.S.Owen @ Sep 13 2003, 03:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->i'm gonna be blunt... back up everything and open up ur cpu.
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My advice would be to download a new CPU <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
LOL

SoulSkorpion

<!--QuoteBegin--CrystalSnake+Sep 13 2003, 11:12 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CrystalSnake @ Sep 13 2003, 11:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--[DRS]Lt.S.Owen+Sep 13 2003, 03:07 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([DRS]Lt.S.Owen @ Sep 13 2003, 03:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->i'm gonna be blunt... back up everything and open up ur cpu.
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My advice would be to download a new CPU <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
*raise*


(oops. I'm talkinging in MUD emotes again... that means "/me raises an eyebrow")

TychoCelchuuu

<!--QuoteBegin--Diablus+Sep 13 2003, 11:07 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Diablus @ Sep 13 2003, 11:07 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> if you downlaoded steam thats the problem with your HD <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Thank you for your wonderful advice. I'm sure Steam can physically BREAK a hard drive, because that's what software's for, but I don't have it, so you're out of luck.

I think I'm just gonna back up stuff and hope my computer stays happy.

Dubbilex

Meh...I just hit my tower a few times. <i>That </i>shuts it right the crap up.

Nil_IQ

<!--QuoteBegin--CrystalSnake+Sep 13 2003, 10:12 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CrystalSnake @ Sep 13 2003, 10:12 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> My advice would be to download a new CPU <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Nah, that's the X-Box remeber, it was supposed (by morons) that you could "download" better hardware so that the X-Box wouldn't ever go out of date.

Download.....hardware.... AHAAHAAAAHAAAAA!!!

If I could I would have downloaded a Radeon 9800 long ago....

RPG_Jssmfulhud

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An Illegal one most probably... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

Owen1

<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Meh...I just hit my tower a few times. That shuts it right the crap up. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

mine's on the floor so i give it a swift boot in the side <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

Dubers

Erm hitting your computer is an exceptionally bad idea.

Zig

unless you're a learned practitioner of computer smacking.

give the case a firm, flat-handed bang on the side, and all your problems are solved.

this takes practice, but the results are spectacular.

kida

I hate it when headphones go bad....For example: one day I am listening to my headphones and it craps out, their is sound loss, so I push the headphone jack around in the green plug on the back of the computer, oh ok, now it works...Rinse and repeat, Rinse and repeat, then finally, it decides to really crap out, so what I do is kick the back of the computer with my feet hoping that it would work, and sometimes it did. Finally one day, I kicked the cpu fan by accident and luckily the cpu wasn't damaged, but the fan was. So now there is clickity clack clickity clack sound every time I turn on the computer, but it stops once I give it another hard swift kick in the side. YAY!!!

Oh, btw, my headphone jacks were fuxed.

lolfighter

To the computer-kickers: May you never have children.

Dubers

<!--QuoteBegin--lolfighter+Sep 13 2003, 10:26 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (lolfighter @ Sep 13 2003, 10:26 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> To the computer-kickers: May you never have children. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
They probably wont due to the radiation leaks from there hardware from hitting ther boxes all the time.

Owen1

omg am i sterile???!!! <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->