My hard drive is making a loud buzzing noise.

[ian]

At first I was thinking it was my cpu fan or one of the fans on my case, but I checked again and it was coming from my hard drive. I don't know what the problem is.

[obilex]

Is this computer new?

[ian]

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Is this computer new?

Well, no. But either is it old. It was built in June 2015.

[obilex]

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obilex eredeti hozzászólása:

Is this computer new?

Well, no. But either is it old. It was built in June 2015.

Then I have no idea, because sound from an hard drive are normal and can be loud.

[ian]

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Well, no. But either is it old. It was built in June 2015.

Then I have no idea, because sound from an hard drive are normal and can be loud.

It's a constant sound. Any time I bumb it, it stops the sound, but comes back again.

[Venlord]

Well as long as the sound is not a ticking noise then you should be fine. If you hear a ticking noise then you have a serious issue. Mechanical drives are somewhat noisy. Did you just now started noticing this sound? Or has this always happen.

[ian]

Venlord eredeti hozzászólása:

Well as long as the sound is not a ticking noise then you should be fine. If you hear a ticking noise then you have a serious issue. Mechanical drives are somewhat noisy. Did you just now started noticing this sound? Or has this always happen.

This noise has always happened, but I'm just now starting to get irritated with it. Also, can you explain a mechanical drive?

[Venlord]

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Venlord eredeti hozzászólása:

Well as long as the sound is not a ticking noise then you should be fine. If you hear a ticking noise then you have a serious issue. Mechanical drives are somewhat noisy. Did you just now started noticing this sound? Or has this always happen.

This noise has always happened, but I'm just now starting to get irritated with it. Also, can you explain a mechanical drive?

A mechanical drive has a platter inside that spins and so it will make noise. http://imgur.com/a/M7eup

Also called hard drive, HDD, etc.

Opposite of a mechanical drive is a Solid State drive it has no moving parts since it is all flash memory therefore it is absolutely silent, and offers better performance.

http://imgur.com/a/k9L0s

I just used the word mechanical drive drive to try and differentiate from an SSD since those are becoming more and more popular.

[ian]

Venlord eredeti hozzászólása:

ian eredeti hozzászólása:

This noise has always happened, but I'm just now starting to get irritated with it. Also, can you explain a mechanical drive?

A mechanical drive has a platter inside that spins and so it will make noise. http://imgur.com/a/M7eup

Also called hard drive, HDD, etc.

Opposite of a mechanical drive is a Solid State drive it has no moving parts since it is all flash memory therefore it is absolutely silent, and offers better performance.

http://imgur.com/a/k9L0s

I just used the word mechanical drive drive to try and differentiate from an SSD since those are becoming more and more popular.

Thanks for that! Hey I have a question, how much better performance does an SSD give you?

[Venlord]

ian eredeti hozzászólása:

Venlord eredeti hozzászólása:

A mechanical drive has a platter inside that spins and so it will make noise. http://imgur.com/a/M7eup

Also called hard drive, HDD, etc.

Opposite of a mechanical drive is a Solid State drive it has no moving parts since it is all flash memory therefore it is absolutely silent, and offers better performance.

http://imgur.com/a/k9L0s

I just used the word mechanical drive drive to try and differentiate from an SSD since those are becoming more and more popular.

Thanks for that! Hey I have a question, how much better performance does an SSD give you?

A lot.

Sequential Reads/Writes are about 3 times faster (ex: copying pasting 1 very large file)

But the are about around 20 times faster with Random Reads/Writes. Something Windows is always doing and makes the computer feel very responsive. This also helps with games with long load times and that have a lot of loading screens.

See for yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCItBX8288Y

[ian]

Is this mandatory for pc gaming?

[ian]

Because I am pretty bothered by this.

[Venlord]

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Is this mandatory for pc gaming?

Im my opinion no. Most of my games are still on my mechanical drive. My 7200rpm Western Digital Blue loads games just fine for me. PS4 pro, and the XBOX one still use mechanical drives.

[ian]

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Is this mandatory for pc gaming?

Im my opinion no. Most of my games are still on my mechanical drive. My 7200rpm Western Digital Blue loads games just fine for me. PS4 pro, and the XBOX one still use mechanical drives.

Hey thats right! Thanks for your help. Also I think I know what the problem is. Since the drive is metal and is touching metal, it would make that sort of sound because of the vibrations. When I touch the metal of the surrounding area, it stops the sound. I don't know if you know what I am talking about but if you, what do you think I could do to stop the the metals from touching.

[Venlord]

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Im my opinion no. Most of my games are still on my mechanical drive. My 7200rpm Western Digital Blue loads games just fine for me. PS4 pro, and the XBOX one still use mechanical drives.

Hey thats right! Thanks for your help. Also I think I know what the problem is. Since the drive is metal and is touching metal, it would make that sort of sound because of the vibrations. When I touch the metal of the surrounding area, it stops the sound. I don't know if you know what I am talking about but if you, what do you think I could do to stop the the metals from touching.

You know what I know what you are talking about, but I have never experienced that issue with my case so I am not sure how to fix that. I don't even have my drives screwed in I just slide them into the drive bays. But yeah I know what you are talking other people have had this issue with the case making nosie from vibration becing cause from the drives.

[ian]

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ian eredeti hozzászólása:

Hey thats right! Thanks for your help. Also I think I know what the problem is. Since the drive is metal and is touching metal, it would make that sort of sound because of the vibrations. When I touch the metal of the surrounding area, it stops the sound. I don't know if you know what I am talking about but if you, what do you think I could do to stop the the metals from touching.

You know what I know what you are talking about, but I have never experienced that issue with my case so I am not sure how to fix that. I don't even have my drives screwed in I just slide them into the drive bays.

Well, mine too are not screwed into the drive bay.