- Jul 30, 2013
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I built this PC just over 1 month ago and 2 nights ago upon starting my pc and getting to this: http://i.imgur.com/YeIYEzY.jpg screen I start hearing read and write sounds from the hard drive bay. My first thought was to localize which HDD it was (I had a old 1TB drive from my previous build that I use for recording). I disconnect the 1TB and boot up again and still hear the noise, So it's definitely the WD Black 2TB.
This is my current build:
After the sound stops I never hear it in that magnitude again until next reboot.
After looking online extensively for answers, I saw this video and it closely resembles the sound I am getting: http://youtu.be/ZpNxovn7yjs?t=20s and the video is showing it during Windows' booting phase. I don't remember having this much noise during boot before or I my brain decided to notice.
So is this normal from WD Black's or is this a hardware fault and it needs sending back?
Edit:
I've done S.M.A.R.T testing with DiskCheckup and it says there is no faults with the drive.
This is my current build:
i7 3770k (Stock Clocks)
Corsair H100i
GTX 780 SC (Stock Clocks)
Asrock Z77 Extreme6
Western Digital Black 2TB (WD2002FAEX-007BA0)
Fractal Design R4 with Window
After the sound stops I never hear it in that magnitude again until next reboot.
After looking online extensively for answers, I saw this video and it closely resembles the sound I am getting: http://youtu.be/ZpNxovn7yjs?t=20s and the video is showing it during Windows' booting phase. I don't remember having this much noise during boot before or I my brain decided to notice.
So is this normal from WD Black's or is this a hardware fault and it needs sending back?
Edit:
I've done S.M.A.R.T testing with DiskCheckup and it says there is no faults with the drive.
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