Whining noise from computer.

[Ferocious]

Not loud at all but it's really getting on my nerves.

Varying pitch, up and down sorta.

It doesn't seem like fan noise to me.

I have a Western Digital 120 GB drive......could that be the culprit?

 

[amdskip]

Try starting your computer up without the hard drive power hooked up. It probably is the whine.

 

[Peter D]

Try what amdskip said.

It probably is the WD. My brother pulled out his server to do some maintenance and put it by my computer. It has a WD harddrive and needless to say, there is a very noticable kind of "whine" present that wasn't before

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

my 250gb WD drive does the same thing.

 

[Ferocious]

Okay I finally got my hands dirty.

It is DEFINATELY my HD doing the whine.

Is this something to worry about? Should I think about getting a Maxtor soon?

 

[dderolph]

The whine probably does not indicate a problem developing with the drive. I've got a WD 15.3 Gig HD that I bought in summer 2000. It has always made a whine. Otherwise, it's worked fine. Then, I bought an 80 Gig WD 7200 HD in June 2003 that runs very quiet. So, my experience indicates some inconsistency in noise among different drives of the same manufacturer. I don't know how Maxter rates in the consistency-of-noise-level dept.

I think, if I were buying a new drive, whatever brand, I would return it and ask for a replacement soon after purchase and while under warranty, if it made an unacceptable level of noise. I wish I had done that back in 2000, but I did not realize at the time that the HD was the source of the whine noise.

 

[0roo0roo]

depends. wd drives are known for high pitch whine. very annoying if your fans are quiet. storagereview.com for reviews. next time, but quieter drive

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Ferocious
Okay I finally got my hands dirty.

It is DEFINATELY my HD doing the whine.

Is this something to worry about? Should I think about getting a Maxtor soon?

Nah, the whine is why people buy WD ... it's like the Ferrari exhaust note.

- M4H