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Article #3747Re: Screeching Sound From Hard Drive
From: kony
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:29
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:29
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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.
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