Re: "Noise" upon booting computer
- From: IceMan <none@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:20:58 -0600
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:32:21 -0600, daisypearl
<daisypearl.3is2ay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've had a few drives fail and none of them exhibited this noise. I'm
I have my fingers crossed that someone will tell me that I do NOT have a
hard drive problem but I fear the worst. I have a 3 year old Pentium 4
with XP Pro. My software is up to date, all works well and I have a TON
of info on the computer. I do have files backed up routinely offsite
but hope I do not have to deal with a new hard drive.
Yesterday morning I turned on the computer and for the first time ever
something seemed to be whirring at random speeds; it got louder and
softer and finally settled down to its normal quiet self. it booted up
in the normal time and I had no problems. Later in the morning I turned
it off to see if the noise had been a fluke; it booted up as always with
no problems and no noise. However, the same noises occurred this
morning; it takes about 5 minutes for it to settle down. I had some
automatic updates from Microsoft downloaded and restarted the computer
after they were installed, no problem.
The computer was blown out last week--my husband takes the cover off
and cleans it out about once a month. We live on a dirt road in the
boonies and have dogs so there is always dust and dog hair in it.
Is there a possibility it is anything else other than the hard drive?
I am pretty good with software but hardware is definitely not my thing.
I do not have any problems in taking the CPU in but there are very few
techs in the area and I would like to make absolutely sure it is not a
fan problem. My husband can [and has] changed a fan. I cannot go back
to the manufacturer [Monarch Computers] because they went belly up.
If it is the hard drive is there any software that the tech might have
to just migrate the system as is to a new hard drive or am I facing a
new drive with the OS on and nothing else, just waiting for me to spend
days reinstalling all that software...
Pardon me while I scream.....
daisy
thinking fans, like many others here I"m sure.
You should hear my Server start up. All it's fans start at full bore,
then within about 10 seconds wind down as they don't need to be
running at full speed unless the server is really cranking it up.
Once all the SCSI drives fire up you really know it; as they are
revving up they make a very distinct noise but once up to full speed
they aren't very noisy.
In fact your ears quickly tune it out.
The last time my home had a power outage I was asleep. I only
realized the power was out because I realized how quiet it was. All
the computers had shut down and with no fans running it seemed so
quiet.
.
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