My SATA drive literally sounds like a dying cat

plastick

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so i havent had much luck with SATA drives. I bought one and it died on me right away and now I have one from a friend.. they are both WD's 8800 or whatever... 80gig

ANYWAY ive spent ours wondering where the hell this wicked sounding "Meeeyaaoow" was coming from in my room... then i finally realized it was my sata hd. The noise is somewhat faint, so it sounds like its coming from far away, even though its right in my case. its weird.

i was wondering if anyone else has experienced this.. i was thinking that, since I have a 350watt psu and im probably using every bit of juice it can give, maybe the hd is struggling to stay working or something.

any thoughts?
 

corkyg

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Originally posted by: plastick
i was thinking that, since I have a 350watt psu and im probably using every bit of juice it can give, maybe the hd is struggling to stay working or something. any thoughts?
That sounds like a good bet. Today, a 350 watt PSU is marginal to say the least.