Re: Weird clicking roulette wheel sound: what is it?


"John Doe" <jdoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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raylopez99 <raylopez99@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sep 26, 1:43 am, Paul <nos...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
raylopez99 wrote:

I would not "whack" the computer case, because if you do, sooner or
later you'll have a data recovery problem on your hands, when the
disk is damaged. The disk might be innocent.

Thanks Paul--very helpful. From your post I conclude it's likely
either a fan for the CPU or graphics card (since the sound dies out
*after* the AC power is off, as the fan blades are winding down
"tick tick tick" they make a last few dying sounds.

Have you looked inside the case? That could be fan blades hitting
something.

Likely the HD is not the culprit but it being 5 years old I'm
replacing it as a precaution.

As a precaution for losing all of your files? You should always keep a
removable media copy of any important files.

Banging will not bother anything IMO (I don't bang hard).

I bang hard and fast with no problems.

Same here.......Loud noise coming from 'puter.........bang the hell out of
it.........noise stopped........pat self on back and say "I sure fixed that
sucker........:-)


Ed












RL





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