My hard drive is making a thrum sound....

[Bignate603]

I just noticed it today but after i booted i noticed i was getting a thrum sound periodically coming from my hard drive i think. It goes thrum, waits a little then goes thrum again and this goes on as longas i have it running. It's either my seagate or my IBM drive. Is this bad or do you think i just thinkmy case is resonating with a little vibration?

 

[Fardringle]

Sounds like resonance to me. Check to make sure all of your drives are bolted in tight so that they cannot vibrate along with this resonance, as vibration is bad...

 

[Bignate603]

I've been listening to it for a while and it only does it some times. If i put my hand on the drive cage it stops. Got to be resonance. Darn it, i'm out of screws that fit though.

 

[rhinox99]

I noticed the exact same problem after I installed my 45gig 75gxp!!

I'm not quite sure what it is and I already tightened the screws as far as they go. Is this some sort of quirky defect? It gets really annoying because that's the only thing I hear when I'm not playing any music.

At least now I know I'm not the only one with this problem... are there any possible solutions out there?

 

[rhinox99]

TTT, hoping someone has some experiences to share about this