something squeaking/grinding when running windows experience

[motojeff]

New build... When running the experience factor thing in vista x64, at the very
beginning I hear what sounds like a car trying to start. It's weird. I think it
might be one of my sli cards or a hard drive.

I have only heard it running that windows experience. Bad gtx280?

Thanks!

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Fire up a disk defragmenter and try your drives one by one. Then fire up Crysis and run a GFX timedemo.

 

[motojeff]

lots of links on this subject.... looks like it's a common thing for gtx280.