Re: Screeching Sound From Hard Drive

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From: TeGGeR�
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:19

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"Neil" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in
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>  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?
> 


When the noise happens, try (gently) stopping the power supply fan or the 
CPU fan with the eraser end of a pencil. Those are the usual sources of 
such noises.

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TeGGeR�

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