Very Very odd Problem....

[KickboXer692]

*sigh* I have a very strange problem, Ok it all started about 3 months ago when i had two hard drives installed. I noticed that one of the two drives started clicking,Thinking that it was on its way to death (haha) i took it out of my case.I then put in a diffrent hard drive(so i then had two drives again.), Everything was fine for a few days as i recall...Then(not long after) BOTH of my drives started clicking...WTF!!.

So i take both of my drives out. Bought a Brand New 60Gig Maxtor harddrive that i just installed two days ago, all was fine untill last night grrrr!!!. the drive started clicking upon start up and shut down (just like the other drives) though they progressionaly got worse and clicked more often.

What in the crap is going on here???

why are my drives clicking and whatnot??

 

[Freestone]

Common thread among all drives is the PC power supply...

 

[micker377]

And/or data cable.

 

[KickboXer692]

Is it ok to run my pc even with this problem?? if its just the power supply???

 

[micker377]

NO! A bad power supply can take out the CPU, or even the mother board. Yours may be just starting to fail, when it does go, it could be "build a new computer" time.

 

[KickboXer692]

ok point taken.

is my new hard drive gonna make this noise forever now?

Or will it act normal again once i get a new Power Supply????

 

[micker377]

Should be OK, unless you damaged the record/play head. If the head (or circuit) is damaged, it will "seek" (click - click) forever while it looks for info. I'd try the new power supply with the first hard drive and see if it's really bad. If it works OK, try the new hard drive. If it's OK, try both... Good Luck!