'Gunk Noise' on Hard drive

ins · Nov 23, 2003, 01:33 AM

Hi

Occaisonally when load up Warcraft 3 and approach to play Battle.net, my hard drive makes this 'gunk' sound followed by a 'powering on, disc spinning up' sound which leads to my system freezing. I have scanned my hdds for any bad sectors and conducted online diagnostic tests but nothing has come up.
I have a gut feeling that it may be my power supply which is currently a 'generic' 400 Watt. I have 2 optical drives, 2 120 gb wdc hdds, 1 chassis, 1 blowhole and 2 front 80mm fans aswell as the CPU fan, and the motherboard plugged in.
Also I have many shared IRQs (see screenshot), could this be another problem to why the HDD just gives up? Please can you help me as I need to get it sorted in order to improve!

System Specs are in sig, if you want to know about any other details, just ask

www.crs.nildram.co.uk/IRQ.gif

Wildman95gs-t · Nov 28, 2003, 02:27 PM

I think you are right about your psu being the culprit. I tried to skimp on money and bought a generic 400 watt psu to replace my 250 watt psu that came in my computer, i needed the extra power when i upgraded my video card and added a sound card. I started getting small problems like screen flickers, than lockups and then finally crashes and the system would not bootup. The time frame was about 6 months. I had to replace my cpu to fix the problem, i also got an Enlight 420 watt psu. I have had no problems since

FluffyChicken · Nov 28, 2003, 03:37 PM

What harddrive is it?
Make and model.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Nov 28, 2003, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ins
Hi

Occaisonally when load up Warcraft 3 and approach to play Battle.net, my hard drive makes this 'gunk' sound followed by a 'powering on, disc spinning up' sound which leads to my system freezing. I have scanned my hdds for any bad sectors and conducted online diagnostic tests but nothing has come up.
I have a gut feeling that it may be my power supply which is currently a 'generic' 400 Watt. I have 2 optical drives, 2 120 gb wdc hdds, 1 chassis, 1 blowhole and 2 front 80mm fans aswell as the CPU fan, and the motherboard plugged in.
Also I have many shared IRQs (see screenshot), could this be another problem to why the HDD just gives up? Please can you help me as I need to get it sorted in order to improve!

System Specs are in sig, if you want to know about any other details, just ask

www.crs.nildram.co.uk/IRQ.gif

clunk? any loud noise is usealy the heads hitting the platter or the motor going out... I'd back up anthing you cant afford to loose. If you feal like a fresh install dl the setup utill form you had drive maker and do a factory re-certification test. do you have smart enadle in the bios? tell us about the drive and system....before you do anthing like what i reccomended... what are your voltages?

ins · Nov 29, 2003, 02:31 AM

i've downloaded countless diagnostic tools from the site ( its a western digital caviar) and it didn't fix anything (drive was 'healthy') it might be overheating but i ain't sure, ta for reply

Nov 23, 2003, 01:33 AM	#1
ins DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Evesham Posts: 207 Rep Power: 0	'Gunk Noise' on Hard drive Hi Occaisonally when load up Warcraft 3 and approach to play Battle.net, my hard drive makes this 'gunk' sound followed by a 'powering on, disc spinning up' sound which leads to my system freezing. I have scanned my hdds for any bad sectors and conducted online diagnostic tests but nothing has come up. I have a gut feeling that it may be my power supply which is currently a 'generic' 400 Watt. I have 2 optical drives, 2 120 gb wdc hdds, 1 chassis, 1 blowhole and 2 front 80mm fans aswell as the CPU fan, and the motherboard plugged in. Also I have many shared IRQs (see screenshot), could this be another problem to why the HDD just gives up? Please can you help me as I need to get it sorted in order to improve! System Specs are in sig, if you want to know about any other details, just ask www.crs.nildram.co.uk/IRQ.gif __________________

Nov 28, 2003, 02:27 PM	#2
Wildman95gs-t DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Dothan, Alabama USA Posts: 224 Rep Power: 0	I think you are right about your psu being the culprit. I tried to skimp on money and bought a generic 400 watt psu to replace my 250 watt psu that came in my computer, i needed the extra power when i upgraded my video card and added a sound card. I started getting small problems like screen flickers, than lockups and then finally crashes and the system would not bootup. The time frame was about 6 months. I had to replace my cpu to fix the problem, i also got an Enlight 420 watt psu. I have had no problems since __________________ AMD Athlon XP3000+ Biostar nForce2 M7NCG 400 Windows XP Home Edition SP3 Albatron 6800GT 256mb 2x1gb G.Skill NS 400DDR in DC Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer WD 100Gb 7200 HD Samsung 16x/48x DVD Drive Samsung 40x/12x/40x CDRW Drive ENlight 420 Watt PSU

Nov 28, 2003, 03:37 PM	#3
FluffyChicken DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: England Posts: 320 Rep Power: 0	What harddrive is it? Make and model. __________________ [COLOR=#455b64]Team mauisun.org [/COLOR]

Nov 29, 2003, 02:31 AM	Thread Starter #5
ins DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Evesham Posts: 207 Rep Power: 0	i've downloaded countless diagnostic tools from the site ( its a western digital caviar) and it didn't fix anything (drive was 'healthy') it might be overheating but i ain't sure, ta for reply __________________