[jdub]

Im running a Amd 2500+, maxtor 120g hardrive, asus a7n8x, 2 256 pny ram, radeon 9500 pro, and xp. Just recently i have has problems where randomly out of nowhere i will here the hardrive busy sound go hay wire. For example, Ill be looking at a web page, or scaning my disk, and all of a sudden it just start clicking liek crazy. Why this is going on, i think i hear my mobo trying to shut it down, but its a real hard clicking kind of like when the computer restarts. Sometimes the computer recovers and continues on again, or it just shut down and restarts. I have reformatted the hardrive thinking it was a virus but i still have the same problem. If any one has ne clue please help! THanks!

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Hi
is this sound coming from your harddrive?

[tazz1964]

Hi
is this sound coming from your harddrive?

[nichobemo]

Pull the cover off the box. Next time it happens, look at any fans that might installed. Use a rolled up piece of paper to isolate the sound coming from a particular device.

If the HD is making the clicking sound... replace it pronto... I had one occasion where a fan did go up, replaced the hd... only to discover it was a fan... Another where the power supply cable had gone bad...

isolate it first!