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high pitched whine from HDD
Hi,
Anyone else had problems with a high pitched whine from their hard disk drive on a Dimension 4700? Mine is a Western Digital Caviar WD2500JD and it has a reputation of being noisy (see eg http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200309/20030904WD2500JD_6.html).
I followed the manufacturers troubleshooting guide (http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=568) with the conclusion that mine is probably defective.
Talus the Elder
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Posted August 29th, 2004 23:00
High pitch whining sound = bad.
shesagordie
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Posted August 29th, 2004 18:00
pc68.
Try running Dell diagnostics to check the hard drive for errors, instructions for using them are in the owner's manual. If there are any errors shown, then contact Dell Tech, Support about replacing the HD.
Bev.