Hard Drive Problem

[CrimsonKnight]

I was gaming the other day when all of a sudden everything stopped responding (keyboard, mouse, etc). About 5-6 sec later I hear a semi-loud CLICK from inside my case, and everything goes back to normal for a couple min., then it happens again.

Upon further inspection, I found the cuprit to be my 500GB (250 x 2) RAID array.

I have a RocketRAID133 PCI card which i have plugged into 2 250GB WD drives which I bough less than a year ago.

I took my tower out of the cranny its stuffed into and laid it horizontally (sideways) on the floor, unplugged my card, drives and re-plugged everything in, the problems seemed to stopped, so when I put my case back in its nook (between my desk and my couch, very tight space), it started again. Could this be due to heat? Any suggestions.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Since the only change is the placement of the machine yes, heat could very well be the problem. My suggestion is to never put a machine inside of the cabinets that desk makers put in for computers. They kill airflow and make a mini oven. I know it doesnt look as good, but it will kepp your pc happy

 

[CrimsonKnight]

Maybe I should buy a couple case fans....the ones I have are 3 years old and came with my cheap as **** case that I bought for my first system. Any suggestions on better case fans?