When I turned on my computer today, in the middle of the post screen the harddrive made a click sound like it does when I turn it off. Then I hear the drive power up again, then it'll make the click and do it again over and over. So I rebooted and if got a little further in the boot up and did it again. Over and over clicking and powering up. (it stops booting up and freezes there). I turned it off again, and back on. This time it clicked once, powered up again and I was good to go.
Like I said, it is the same click sound it makes when I turn of the computer. Although I have heard it before. Sometimes when I take the side off my case to tuck a wire back somewhere that fell or something, sometimes it will make the click when I touch a power cord, and then if froze up usually. I only TOUCHED it, I did not move it. So at that point I just thought the molex connector was coming loose when I touched it and freezing up the computer.
I have two drives, a Maxtor 40gb, and a Western Digital 80gb. What is the problem and how can I find out which drive is clicking?
Like I said, it is the same click sound it makes when I turn of the computer. Although I have heard it before. Sometimes when I take the side off my case to tuck a wire back somewhere that fell or something, sometimes it will make the click when I touch a power cord, and then if froze up usually. I only TOUCHED it, I did not move it. So at that point I just thought the molex connector was coming loose when I touched it and freezing up the computer.
I have two drives, a Maxtor 40gb, and a Western Digital 80gb. What is the problem and how can I find out which drive is clicking?
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