hardrive spinning noise (vids avalivable)

Bill Hilly579 · Sep 3, 2016

im having an issue yet i search the whole internet to find out what it is yet no answer.my hdd seems to be making a spinning noise and sort of scrachty like noise.its not a seek noise but its like a spinning noise even at idle.i confirmed the drive wasnt seeking by dissconecting the sata cable and it still makes this noise.i really really worried if this is a defect because my other drive has defected and this one is my only drive now.so im really need to know if this is a defect or not.

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theres parts of the vid where i closed my pc cases .you cant hear the hdd spinning when its close but in person you can hear it.and its faint but still audible.im using a seagate 1tb st1000dm003 drive.i will apreciate your responses and comments

Hlsgsz · Sep 3, 2016

Run crystaldiskinfo and post a picture of the results.

Bill Hilly579 · Sep 3, 2016

Hlsgsz :

hi and thank you for your response.i ran tests on hd tune pro and seagate seatools and all the tests show that its healthy

Hlsgsz · Sep 3, 2016

Yet i insist that you do liek i asked

Bill Hilly579 · Sep 3, 2016

indeed.btw were you able to take a look at those links?

Hlsgsz · Sep 3, 2016

Bill Hilly579 :

No. SMART data first. Analizing noise is subjective, so to speak.

Bill Hilly579 · Sep 3, 2016

seagate tools also has smart test which i also used.yet every test including smart test dosent seem to show any issues.even preformance wise my drive shows no defects.its just the sound im worried about.maybe the sound can suprise me with a defect in the future or maybe all seagate hdd sound like this?i dont know.i really need to know whats with that sound.

Bill Hilly579 · Sep 4, 2016

Hlsgsz :

any thoughts about my vids despite my test results beens fine?

Bill Hilly579 · Sep 5, 2016

anyone have any advice?

Hlsgsz · Sep 5, 2016

Sure. As soon as you post said results.

Bill Hilly579 · Sep 5, 2016

alrighty then

http://imgur.com/a/jfwnP

Hlsgsz · Sep 5, 2016

Ok, I'm abandoning this if you fail to do this: Run crystaldiskinfo and post a picture of the results.

Bill Hilly579 · Sep 5, 2016

http://imgur.com/a/QUxxi heres the crystal disk info

Bill Hilly579 · Sep 5, 2016

also for the sector count.not sure what this one is http://imgur.com/a/DnAU2

Hlsgsz · Sep 5, 2016

Your HDD is perfectly fine and what you are hearing is either normal operational noise(i had 7200RPM seagates, they do get noisy; been using strictly 5400RPM WDs these days) or some coil whine generated by otehr parts in your system.

Bill Hilly579 · Sep 5, 2016

just to be 100 precent sure it is actually normal to hear it out of your case spinning right?

Hlsgsz · Sep 5, 2016

Bill Hilly579 :

FOr a 7200RPM drive, yes, it is. That is why i stay away.
The best solution though is to get an SSD for your OS. Not only it will change your computing experience completly, but the fact that the OS is not continously crunching on the HDD, will both save your years and prolong the lifetime of said HDD.

Bill Hilly579 · Sep 5, 2016

Hlsgsz :

your probably right but damm they cost a fortune escpecially 2-3tb ones.maybe what ill do is grab a wd blue and use my noisy seaagate just as a backup drive.by the way i heard that wd blue have reduced noise if thats true.

Hlsgsz · Sep 5, 2016

Bill Hilly579 :

Hlsgsz :

your probably right but damm they cost a fortune escpecially 2-3tb ones.maybe what ill do is grab a wd blue and use my noisy seaagate just as a backup drive.by the way i heard that wd blue have reduced noise if thats true.

They do, but be careful to choose the 5400RPM variant as they have both.
You should really see about an SSD aswell. Not that expensive these days. And no pc should be wihtout one.

Bill Hilly579 · Sep 5, 2016

by the way thanks for the advice.im probably at ease knowing that this isnt a defect and all it is just a noisy drive.i apreciate that

Hlsgsz · Sep 5, 2016

You're welcome!

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