inspiron 4150 HD spinning noise

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hello
i've got a 1.5 year old inspiron laptop with a 30 gig hd
it works great
sometimes when my laptop is on, and i'm not working on it, there's a (quiet)
spinning noise (with no hard disk activity)
i can't describe it that wel

i can only stop this when i get hard disk activiy again, such as saving a
word file/opening a program

should i worry ?

koen

 

[Robert]

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CPU fan?

"skorvin" <stoute_koen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> hello
> i've got a 1.5 year old inspiron laptop with a 30 gig hd
> it works great
> sometimes when my laptop is on, and i'm not working on it, there's a
(quiet)
> spinning noise (with no hard disk activity)
> i can't describe it that wel
>
> i can only stop this when i get hard disk activiy again, such as saving a
> word file/opening a program
>
> should i worry ?
>
> koen
>
>

 

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"Robert" <PcTech@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
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> CPU fan?

it's the HD !
k

 

[Mik]

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This is probably the CD-ROM/DVD drive. If there is a disk in it, take
it out. Does the sound disappear ?

Mik

"skorvin" <stoute_koen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:407b21e8$0$1951$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be...
> hello
> i've got a 1.5 year old inspiron laptop with a 30 gig hd
> it works great
> sometimes when my laptop is on, and i'm not working on it, there's a
(quiet)
> spinning noise (with no hard disk activity)
> i can't describe it that wel
>
> i can only stop this when i get hard disk activiy again, such as
saving a
> word file/opening a program
>
> should i worry ?
>
> koen
>
>

 

[Guest]

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"Mik" <Mik@No-spam-mail.com> wrote in message
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> This is probably the CD-ROM/DVD drive. If there is a disk in it, take
> it out. Does the sound disappear ?
>
> Mik

it's the HD !
k