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Article #3743Re: Screeching Sound From Hard Drive
From: philo
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:44
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:44
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:29:50 +0000, kony wrote: > On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:33:01 -0600, philo > <philo@privacy.net> wrote: > >>On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:27:03 +0000, Neil wrote: >> >>> I left the cover off my PC for a couple of days, and now I'm getting a >>> high-pitched screeching sound from the hard drive. I figure, perhaps some >>> piece of dust or debris got in there? I'm sure it's coming from the hard >>> drive. I tried blowing it out with canned air, but that didn't help. Any >>> suggestions? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Neil >> >>nope... >>the drive is hernetically sealed... >>no dust could get inside > > > Usually it is not sealed, it has a breather hole and filter. > That filter is quite sufficient to stop dust though, and > even if a dust particle did somehow manage to get into the > drive, it would not cause a screeching sound as that is from > the bearing, instead dust would (possibly) crash the head if > it had stuck to a platter. > > More likely, the drive's bearing has been damaged, either > during shipping, handling, installation, or during the > recent events while the computer cover was off. > > The data needs copied off immediately, the diagnostics ran, > and an attemp at RMA if the drive is under warranty still. AFAIK the breather hole is usually covered by a sticker... but even if the sticker was taken off...not enough dust would get inside to immediately damage the drive I agree, the drive should be backed up at once
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