About 2 years ago I purchased a brand-new Western-Digital 120GB, IDE, 8MB Buffer, 7200RPM, hard-drive. Lately I've been noticing that a few seconds into powering-up my system, I can hear a high-pitch ringing from my hard-drive. I tried applying pressure to all sides to stop internal vibrations... nothing worked. What can be the problem and how do I fix this? Thanks.
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Ringing Hard-Drive
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NoxTek
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Spindle motor noise tends to increase as a drive ages. I would characterize the noise of an old and worn spindle motor as sort of a 'ringing' or 'tinny' sound. They almost sound like the old MFM/RLL drives. 
It could be something to worry about, or the drive might have years left in it. You really never know... I've got a 26GB Quantum Fireball in a spare machine that the motor is quite noisy on but it shows no signs of being near death otherwise. Runs all day.
It could be something to worry about, or the drive might have years left in it. You really never know... I've got a 26GB Quantum Fireball in a spare machine that the motor is quite noisy on but it shows no signs of being near death otherwise. Runs all day.
AlexStenka
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It happens to my HDD at start up too, nothing to worry about stuff ages...I guess.