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OfflineNewbieS
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Computer is making clicking sounds.
    #5970684 - 08/16/06 07:34 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Recently my PC's been hourglassing then it makes a clicking sound. It sounds just like it's powering off, but it stays on. It goes away but it worries me because last time it froze up really bad and I got a blue screen saying the PC was powered off because of a serious error blah blah blah then I turn it on and it's fine again. Sound like a hardware problem or something virus related?


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Re: Computer is making clicking sounds. [Re: Newbie]
    #5971024 - 08/16/06 08:47 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

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Re: Computer is making clicking sounds. [Re: Newbie]
    #5971950 - 08/17/06 02:13 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

I suggest you backup your important data. If it's the hard drive clicking, it will probably fail soon.


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Re: Computer is making clicking sounds. [Re: Pinback]
    #5971956 - 08/17/06 02:17 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

I was going to say the same as pinback. Definitely back up stuff, and try and figure out what's clicking. Could just be a loose wire hitting the fan? But only when the arrowglass is. Yeah that's the HDD.


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Re: Computer is making clicking sounds. [Re: Maverick]
    #5972140 - 08/17/06 05:41 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Clicking sounds = hard drive going dead. BACKUP YOUR DATA NOW! If you know the manufacturer of the hard drive I can point you to a program to test it as well as to check the warranty. Hitting a fan usually sounds much different. The clicking is the hard drive having read errors and it will get worse more than likely. But those programs will tell you


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Re: Computer is making clicking sounds. [Re: Newbie]
    #5972278 - 08/17/06 08:18 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Yeah probably a dead HDD.

Do you defrag often? Should do it once a month.


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Re: Computer is making clicking sounds. [Re: RuNE]
    #5972384 - 08/17/06 09:57 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

You are loosing a hard drive or a fan... make sure no wires are brushing against a fan blade... if the clicking is a constant buzz sound, like a playing card in a stuck in the wheel of a bicycle, then it is a fan most likely. If the clicking noise is more of a series of clunks, pause, series of clunks, puase, repeating, then probably the hard drive.


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Re: Computer is making clicking sounds. [Re: Seuss]
    #5974026 - 08/17/06 07:23 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Yeah, it was clunking but it hasn't done it since I made this post.


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Re: Computer is making clicking sounds. [Re: Newbie]
    #5974590 - 08/17/06 10:25 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Everyone should have the Ultimate Boot CD. It has hard drive diagnostic tools on it from all manufacturers, plus a gazillion other useful programs for repair, testing, etc. There should be a sticky in this forum telling everyone to get the UBCD. If you don't have it, you deserve to have your hard drives die.


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Re: Computer is making clicking sounds. [Re: supercollider]
    #5975466 - 08/18/06 09:38 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

WOW Thats great. thanks for that link.


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