My computer's Maxtor ATA HDD is silent and doesn't make any weird noises until I restart or turn on my computer. When I go to restart my computer, Windows shuts down normally, but before turning back on, my hard drive makes about 10 whir-then-click noises before going through post and starting back up. Once Windows starts up, the hard drive is silent and doesn't make the noise ever again until I restart the computer. The first time this started occurring was right after I installed my new Radeon 5770 video card and pressed the power button. The hard drive did not make these noises 30 minutes before I installed the video card.
My computer originally ran two SLI GeForce GT 7600 cards. One of them eventually had a fan die so I ran only one of them. The new Radeon 5770 of course plugs into the motherboard but also has an additional connector to the motherboard.
Would a more powerful video card cause a strain on a PSU that previously supported SLI? And would that in turn cause a HDD to take 20-30 seconds to go through a series of 10-15 whir-then-click sounds before the computer starts up?
I've looked up sound clips from data recovery center's website of failing hard drives and they don't sound at all like the whir-then-click sounds I'm hearing.
My computer originally ran two SLI GeForce GT 7600 cards. One of them eventually had a fan die so I ran only one of them. The new Radeon 5770 of course plugs into the motherboard but also has an additional connector to the motherboard.
Would a more powerful video card cause a strain on a PSU that previously supported SLI? And would that in turn cause a HDD to take 20-30 seconds to go through a series of 10-15 whir-then-click sounds before the computer starts up?
I've looked up sound clips from data recovery center's website of failing hard drives and they don't sound at all like the whir-then-click sounds I'm hearing.
