WD black loud grinding noise

wily wonka · Sep 1, 2015

Hello,

i've got a WD black 2TB hard drive and its making weird (loud!) grinding noise whenever i open somthing on the drive.
there are some post on here thad these drives make noises and all of em suggested to replace the harddrive, but mine is new i got it for 3 moths now and its makign this noise from the beginning so i never tought i was a problem but now its also slowing down.
also my OS is installed on a ssd.

anny suggestions ?

thanks

dudeman509 · Sep 1, 2015

The Blacks are pretty loud drives. If it's been making that noise since you bought it and hasn't died yet, it's probably normal.

What specific model is it?

Ragnarous · Sep 1, 2015

I have a green one, and when they switch from ssd to hdd especially, it makes a vrrrrrrrrrr noise that even beats my fans at top RPM.. i believe it's normal.. Use something to make it more soundproof if it is bothering u!

InvalidError · Sep 1, 2015

My 1TB WD Black is nearly silent. Seeking noises do not seem any worse than any of my other HDDs.

nukemaster · Sep 1, 2015

I have a 2TB black and its startup is rather loud(expected because to get the capacity[mine is at least a few years old] they used an extra platter.) as is the seeking noise it makes.

My old 640's are dead silent.

Does it sound like this? Ad blocker recommended to visit that host.
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dextermat · Sep 1, 2015

hi, download hard disk sentinel trial to look at the drive health.
If you don't suffer slowdown or issues I would not be concerned.

wily wonka · Sep 1, 2015

its a SATA 64MB cache (WD2003FZEX)
also i have a be quiet case and the hard drive is mounted whit rubber rails and still ist very loud and my case vibrates like crazy when i use the drive

nukemaster · Sep 1, 2015

Transferred vibration does make things sound worse.

Straggly enough my Antec Sonata(rubber mounts and one of Antec's earlier quiet cases) had some of this so seeks did not sound normal, much more of a low droning sound because the case would slightly echo the sound.

D_Know_WD · Sep 2, 2015

Hi there wily wonka,

Sorry that you are facing some issues with your drive.

Even though WD Black has slightly higher acoustics levels than the other WD internal drives, it shouldn't really make grinding noises. Furthermore, you've mentioned that it is slowing down. This is why, it may be a good idea to just back up your data until you sort this out.
After that, you can try attaching the drive to a different SATA port with different cables(SATA and power one).
Another thing you can do is to test it with WD's DLG tool(both short and extended tests): http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=QJdfQm

In case the tests fail and/or the grinding persists, it may be a good idea to contact WD's Support and eventually RMA the drive: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=qemMMX

Let me know how this goes,
D_Know_WD

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