2006-07-20 06:00:55 · 13 answers · asked by saphire9172003 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Hard drives do not have fans, but they usualy make some noises when working, if you are not working on the computer and it still makes the noise there must be a program runing in the background, anyway you can set the power off for the hard drive from (right click on the desktop, propeties, screensaver, at the bottom "power" and set "the turnoff hard disks" to your convenient option), if it still makes the noise after the time set up, then you can turn on "enable hibernate" and set it on the advanced tab in "when I press the power button on my computer:" to Hibernate. So when you are not using the computer you can just press the power button, this will sutdown the computer, and gives you the benefet of the saving power, and when you press the power button again the computer returns to windows so fast without starting all over.... it resums from the last settings that you were using (without the long booting system).....
2006-07-20 06:29:20 · answer #1 · answered by Joey 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your computer has on the front of it an item called the "hard drive activity" light. It is a little round light, usually yellow. When the hard drive is working it goes on and usually flickers. Sometimes, when it is working very hard, the light is more or less steady.
If you mean that your hard drive activity light is always on, indicating that it is always hard at work, then you need to find out why.
If, on the other hand, you mean that there is a fan always at work, well, they ARE always at work. The hotter the computer inside gets, the faster they spin. It would seem that something is increasing the inside temps to make the fan run faster.
Shut down the computer, unplug everything from the back, open the case, and clean the fans, gently, with Q-tips, and use a can of air to blow out dust and dirt from whatever they are set over.
2006-07-20 06:12:39 · answer #2 · answered by sonyack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hard drive generally spins all the time, regardless of whether it's being used. A power-saver feature may spin them down after the computer has been idle for a while, but this is more typical on laptops. Hard drives do not have fans, so if the hard drive itself is making noise as it's spinning, that's bad, and you'd better back up your data because it might not last much longer. There are one or more fans in your case, and if that's getting louder, then it could be wearing out and you'll need to replace it. Hard to tell what the problem may actually be without being able to hear it myself.
2006-07-20 06:07:57 · answer #3 · answered by Denver Jeff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is your hard drive running continuously or the fan? If it is the fan then you should check the intake areas. Remove any dust or dirt. Open the computer up and use air to blow out the dust and dirt inside. The fan is working over time to keep the internal system cool.
If it is the hard drive then it could be a couple of other things. You could have a virus or worm. You would notice corruption in some files. Your hard drive could be getting old. You might need to add more memory as you are doing more processing and having to use more swap file space.
If it both then the fan is trying to dissipate the heat from the HD spinning so much.
2006-07-20 06:07:21 · answer #4 · answered by Taztug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the task manager and see if there are certain processes that are causing the CPU usage to always be near 100%. With a specific set of programs, I had this issue which would make the computer hot and turn the fans on after a while.
We might need more detail to answer, but I think that is a good place to start.
2006-07-20 06:06:03 · answer #5 · answered by Molly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to control panel, click on "Power Options", Under hard drive change the time when your hard drive shuts down with no use. Usually 10 or 15 minutes on AC power and 3 minutes on battery power.
2006-07-20 06:05:16 · answer #6 · answered by Dick M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the problem?
Your hard drive runs unless you have the settings to shut it off.
The fan runs because it is hot and the fan gets air flow over the hot parts.
2006-07-20 06:02:42 · answer #7 · answered by snvffy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard drive don't have fans. Hard drives make a slight clicking noise. Newer ones are very quiet.
2006-07-20 06:03:34 · answer #8 · answered by Brian M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may have a dvd disc in the drive bay! and the fan is always on but is quiet, i notice if i have a program that will not respond the hard drive spins a lot!
2006-07-20 06:06:22 · answer #9 · answered by sorrells316 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
community disk is failing. Disk checking, via default isn't enable at reboot. Goto initiate, then Run. in the field categorised "open" sort "CMD" with out the rates of direction. A command field will open with a command line, probable pointing to your community profile direction. sort CHKDSK /F and hit enter. in case you have rights to try this and the disk isn't encrypted it is going to beging disk checking. enable it run and end. it is going to furnish a verbose rfile of what the gadget got here upon and corrected. This probable won't suggestions-blowing the priority even nonetheless. As all people else reported, you may backup your information in the form of a problematic stress failure.
2016-10-08 03:16:01 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋