Unusual beeps on all Hard Drives
Hello!
I hope someone can help me with this problem that Google search couldn't give me answers to:
I own 2 Hard Drives; one is a Seagate (5 years old) and the other is a WD (3 months old). I purchased the WD because I thought Seagate could be failing (And Seagate thinks it's failing)
Starting last year, my Seagate would make random "beep" like noises. I have recorded different clips of the sound into one video on Youtube. Despite the odd sound, I have not gotten any errors, any loss, or any BsoD. All disk checks, utilities, boot from bios, official and unofficial programs said the HDD is 100% fine. I even replaced all my SATA plugs to see if that was the cause. My PSU is new because my old one died (the problem occurred during the old one too).
After talking to Seagate... They didn't seem confident that the HDD could be failing. I went ahead and played it safe by buying the WD. I took out the Seagate and added the WD. A week later, the WD starts making the "beep" sound. Like Seagate, WD passed all tests.
I want to know why are my HDDs making that sound even though my computer is 100% working fine. My computer is a built. I'm 100% sure the sounds are from the HDD. I disconnected most of the parts to see if the sounds continue. They stop when I disconnect both HDD. Should I not worry about it since both HDD are working fine? Is there something else that's making them make that noise?
The sounds don't happen continuously, it will do it random. Doesn't matter if it's idled or busy, it will do the sounds when it wants to.
Definitely appreciate the help. It's bugging me!
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Hi @valiee ,
What changed last year when it started?
Did you update/alter/repair anything at the time?
Have you checked BIOS firmware for possible updates, especially if it affected sata or even change to support different OS?
When you say that you've not had any errors, just verifying that there is nothing listed in event viewer re disk problems?
- de jayeff
@jayeff The only thing that changed last year was the PSU. My old PSU blew out while it was off. But this problem happened way before the old PSU died.
There's no new BIOS as far as I know. I checked it and last update was in 2014. My computer was built in 2013.
Yes. There are no disk problems listed on event viewer.
- de aaa
iFix ate my updates so I'm going to shorten this up:
I received my WD replacement and I no longer hear the odd noises. I got unlucky receiving a defective drive or USPS ruined another package (It had a dent and my local USPS is terrible at handling packages).
As for the Seagate. It could be the arm that's doing the weird noise. I saw a couple of videos that had similar noises. Comments said theirs did it for a long time, others said it would start doing it and then months past, theirs die. I'll probably just continue using it for awhile until it show signs of death.
Thank you everyone for the help! If someone out there is having this oddly experience like I did, I would just get a new Hard Drive to be safe.
- de aaa
I have the same problem, I replaced the HDD and the new one does the exact same thing. Only difference is mine makes the sounds more often than yours.
- de scottmaclean86