Harddrive noises?

I just recieved my notebook back from the ASUS repair center where they just replaced the motherboard and keyboard due to screen problems. Now when I'm sitting in a meeting and popped open my notebook to start work, there is this very high pitched sound that comes from inside, I couldn't think of anything that could make that noise so I'm assuming it's the harddrive. The notebook is only 2 months old and before the I put it in the ASUS repair center it never had this problem, could this be the ASUS repairers fault? Any help would be greatly appriciated.

Thanks.

Brendan.

 

If that sound is indeed the harddrive, (can't imagine it being anything else as there aren't any other moving parts inside a laptop other than fans), it could mean permanent hardware damage.

If you're worried about your harddrive (and data inside), there's one thing you can do. I don't know if this is possible with ASUS laptops, but perhaps you can take out the harddrive, hook it up to another computer and see if you're getting the same screeching sound. If you are, and if you have critical data on it, you better send it to data recovery experts. You shouldn't try to backup the data yourself as the screeching sound is probably indicative of a loose seeking head which is scratching the disk platter. The more you try to read, the more of the disk which is actually getting scratched and the more data you lose.

If you don't get the screeching sound from your harddrive, then stick it back into the laptop and try switching it on again. The other possibility could be that something is wrong with your fan. That would mean sending it back to the service centre.

Good luck!!

 

I'm not very good with computers, so I don't think I'll be able to remove the harddrive from the notebook and connect it to my desktop computer, so the more I use the notebook at the moment the more chance of harddrive damage or loss of data? Should I just turn the notebook of completely and wait till tomorrow so I can go to the ASUS repair center... again. Second time in 2 weeks. *sigh*

 

In that case, to be safe, yes.

 

Slow it down here for a second. There certainly could be other causes. I would not be surprised in the least if it was a capaciator or the motherboard. Usually it isn't a problem, just an annoyance. The quick check is to just take the harddrive out and turn the computer on. It won't really do much, but if you still hear the sound, you know that it isn't the hard drive. If not, talk to ASUS. Some people have taken their computers apart and hot glue the place where the board is making the noise. If you aren't comfortable with doing any of this, you should go to the ASUS repair center. Bad things happen, but life continues, your computer will be OK in the end.

 

You have to backup your data asap under its' good condition. Try to find out any hard drive external USB box or adapter to move to another computer to backup the data, then vertify the noise and hard drive condition is good or not. You also can try to run a defragmentation and make sure that the hard drive can finish this job. Probably, we can see what the hard drive's life can keep on going.....