humming hard disk
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 10:22 pmhi can you help i have a 60 gig hd that keeps spinning or my cpu fan keeps spinning it just started doing everything is working fine except of the humming noise please help
I removed your other post about the fan noise so there would be no confusion.
The humming noise that you are referring to will have to be located.
The best way to do this is by opening up the case and listening to each device.
First Power down and unplug your system,
depending on the case type will determine how you get it open.
Most often there will be two screws on the back that will allow the
right side panel (viewing the back) of the case to be removed.
Once you have the case open plug the system back in and boot it up.
Now listen for your humming noise to see where it is coming from.
Most likely the noise you are hearing is a fan either the CPU fan or a case fan.
Sometimes just a good cleaning with “a can of air” will fix the noise if it’s just dirty.