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[hard drive] Brought PC to change Power supply now the hard driv

Re: [hard drive] Brought PC to change Power supply now the hard

Thanks , i check and moved some esata and power supply wire from touching the casing but now i hear from time to time a vrm vrm noise , i took a video , il post the link so it will be better to understand.

It sounds like a raptor HDD doing writes.

Did you check to see if it is the same HDD you had in it before it went to the shop? I can't understand how a PSU change out gave you a noisy computer. Don't play with it, take it back and ask what they did and say it wasn't there before it went into the shop.

Be polite - even though I'd say more, and see what they say - they may turn it on and go "oops sorry, we will sort it".....at least you hope so if I'm reading this correctly.
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reply to Mont
Thanks , yes it's the same hard drive , i never heard in the past the drive writing sound or that small vibration which seem to be from the hard drive.

The white rubber under the hard drive are there.

Il bring it back also the system was built there in 2007 and the guy who built it is still there so he know's that it should be quiet and yesterday i brought it , he checked but the place is noisy with all the other pc's running so he couldn't hear nothing but he told me to let it run and see and if it does again to bring it back.

I never had any problem with him so il be polite that's for sure but i will certainly want to have it like it was before.

Thank You

reply to Mont
Open the case and pull the HDD. You can run it temporarily without it being mounted. You will at least then confirm if it is the HDD or not. If it is, and it's mounted correctly, there isn't much you can do about it, aside replace it for a different quieter drive. If it's not the HDD, then you will need to isolate the cause.

From your statements so far, it doesn't appear that you are sure of the cause.
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I did and found it's the hard drive , i have 2 hard drives and they are the same and one is quiet , i never use to hear the hard drive writing loud or that vibration , i have to bring it back tommorow and tell that the drive wasn't doing this before bring it for repair.

Thanks

reply to Mont
Maybe he clean the inside of the case with air and got dirt inside the drive. Or the drive got bumped and became out of alinement and is now making noise, maybe a few light taps on the desk will get it inline and it could stop making the noise.

reply to Mont
Likely just coincidence. There isn't anything they would have done (ie: replacing the power supply) that would cause it. Most likely cause would be the bouncing around while moving it to/from the service center.

If it's that annoying, get a replacement.
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I wouldn't mind replacing it , their fee is 65 $ for the ghost which i would like to do it myself at that price.

Can someone tell me how do i do the ghost with 2 hard drives already and what is needed.

The replacement hard drive would be a western digital blue or a black for 21$ more , which one should i buy ?

Thanks

But the drive, most manufacturers have a free program available from their website that will permit you to clone or copy all the information to the new drive. WD uses a version of Acronis, its pretty simple to use.

I have used both the blue and the black. I have not had a failure with either drive, knock on wood. The black is their highest rated drive.

Thanks , i have already 2 hard drive in the computer so if i want to clone the new one how do i do it ?

Is the black faster ?

Thanks

Instruction come with the manufacturers cloning software. The black drive has a higher reliability rating. It is not any faster.

Here is the link, install it and you can read through it to see what is involved.

»support.wdc.com/product/download···&lang=en

Thanks , this seem to be the procedure , remove back up drive to clone new drive , clone , replace hard drive with new one and put back back up drive.

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It was tested for any bad sectors and the result said there was none.

reply to Mont
This noise does not sound like a hard disk at all (to me anyway), it sounds like a fan whose motor is wearing down (possibly the fans need to be cleaned with paper towels), motor is misaligned or going bad (happens; fans are cheap), or fan blades which are rubbing up against the side of something.

It's very, very hard for me to discern any kind of "noise" from that video -- all I hear is two noises: a droning noise of a PC fan of some sort (not a very nice noise either, sounds whiny rather than like a whoosh), and a periodic grinding/growling noise that sounds like what I described in my previous paragraph.
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Thanks , i thought about the fan but i notice that as soon as the drive write it does that sound.