Ok, I've a certain computer for about two years now. After about three months. It kept freezing and freezing. First, it would make this really weird noise in the hard drive, I'm guessing is the fan. Then my computer would completely freeze. What's wrong with it? Does it need a new fan?
2006-08-19 11:09:11 · 8 answers · asked by Christina 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
first i am a comp tech and the noise u heard coming from hard drive i avice u to asap make a back copy of all inportant data u want to keep on cd if not memory stick or a nother hard drive set as slave to tranfer data.. your hard drive going to stop working the bearning going out it time to get a new hard drive sorry...if it was a fan u hear it or you can touch it to see if the bearing is out but you said hard drive good luck..
2006-08-19 11:28:19 · answer #1 · answered by john h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's making weird noises in the hard drive then chances are it's the hard drive.
If it's a fan problem you can check this by first turning your PC off, then unplugging the hard drive cable. Afterwards turn on your PC and go into the BIOS. Check your fan rpms and also leave your case open to see where if there is any weird noise or stoppage occurring on your fans. If everything seems OK, then it's probably your hard drive about to go out.
2006-08-19 18:15:07 · answer #2 · answered by anonfuture 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could be the fan.
though one thing you might wanto keep straight. the hard disk is not that box that you put the cd's in and has the cables plugged into the back and the power button on the front. it contains the hard disk but it's called a tower.
now that beeing said the hard disk is an important part of the tower, and if it failed the computer would be unable to function and they do sometimes make loud noise when they are about to fail.
2006-08-19 18:19:33 · answer #3 · answered by snowcloud_dreamer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is your computer running slow if so go to start>run>msconfig>then click on startup tab and uncheck everything....it wont hurt. If this does not fix reinstall windows or may need new hard drive.
2006-08-21 01:08:51 · answer #4 · answered by Rob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had that trouble before, probaly the hard drive... i found out that the power connector of the drives have poor poor contact. try to make the socket fitted tightly...
2006-08-19 18:35:45 · answer #5 · answered by kurapiket 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like the HD is going bad from what you wrote. I'd replace it as soon as possible.
2006-08-19 18:16:54 · answer #6 · answered by stickygreen66 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe hdd problem, next fan problem which lead to many problems like motherboard , memory and video problems
2006-08-20 10:15:51 · answer #7 · answered by bogsn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What noise? Clanking? HD failure.
2006-08-19 18:18:07 · answer #8 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋