EIDE HD Issues
Alright everyone, this is a somewhat hard to describe question, but i am going to try anyways. I just purchased a new computer, all seperate parts, and put them together. I am trying to install slack, and i am aware of the entire process, i have sdone it many times. my problem is with my HD. I ordered a Western Digital 80 gig drive from a company called upgrade-solutions in Cali. I have the drive for like a week and a half, and had slack successfully installed. Then all of the sudden the drive started making these really weird noises when i booted the computer. it sounded like a mechanical problem, inside the drive, it was not the normal low hum of the HD spinning. It almost sounded like a clicking sound, the drive would try to spin and then it would turn off, and then try agani and then off, etc., etc. an it would do this constantly, so that is how i figured it was hardware.
So i send the drive back, and they sent me a new one n a sealed bag, which i got yesterday. I unwrap it , open my case and install the drive. I boot up and there it is again!!! the same sound, its a loud click! click!....click! click!....and so on and so forth. This is starting to piss me off now. Does anyone know what this might be, i mean i cant reallly describe it to you, i might have to try to record it if needed, but i figure that in the hardware forum, someone will have an idea, hopefully.
Should i just send it back again, and buy a drive from somewhere else??? should i try to get someone to look at it who is more experienced?? i mean its brand new out of a sealed bag, i just dont get it!!
thanks for your help though....
Geoff
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