First time SSD owner, and it's making strange sounds?

Hi, I got my first SSD, an Intel G2 80GB. I just have a couple questions since I've never owned one before and don't know if it's normal.
First, during periods of high activity (like during boot up), it makes some strange "electronic sound", kind of like an "eeeeeeee, eee, eeeeeee". I can't describe it really, some times it's very audible during heavy use. Also, some times it sounds like a traditional hard drive when it's accessing. I thought SSD's were supposed to be totally silent (no moving parts). So I just wanted to ask, is this normal?

Ok after doing some more searching I see it's perfectly normal. Some people can hear it.
The Intel SSD Toolbox reports all is normal, so I see there's nothing to worry about.

 

Every ssd I have had (8) has been completely silent...completely.

 

Well I'm seeing in google searches that some can hear it. The best way I can describe it, it's an electrical sound. Like an "eee", or, crackling/whirring. I know it's the SSD, as my fan is off most of the time (cool running notebook). It just really startled me the first few times I heard it.

 

I don't hear any sounds coming from mine. Are you sure its coming from the SSD and not from another component. The sound you are hearing could have been masked by a regular drive if you had one in previously.

 

I'm positive. It's coming from the exact location where the HDD bay is. I'm usually very sensitive to sounds, that's why it startled me when I first heard it.
Especially when the fan is off, and my room is most of the time a silent environment. When the original HDD was in, I didn't hear such sounds, but I could hear the HDD whirring away.

 

Talin... we have been here a long time together you and I. Trust me when I say that the ssd makes absolutely no noise whatsoever. I might pop the bottom open (of the laptop or computer) and place my ear right on the ssd. If it is making a noise, I might consider whether the noise is annoying and performance is suffering, along with how long a replacement might take...

 

I can hear a high-pitched electrical noise coming from my G2 Intel SSD as well. It can be tricky on a notebook, since some CPUs have their own signature of electrical whine, but there is no doubt that the SSD makes some sort of noise. I can actually hear it ramp up when the drive is being benched. It is far more subtle than CPU whine, which I can readily hear in a quiet room- I actually have to put my ear to the SSD to hear anything. The noise is akin to the very high-pitched, but subtle electrical noise some mice make (if you ever want to get crazy looks, try putting your mouse to your ear in front of your coworkers).

 

Ok wait...let me correct, I can hear a high pitch noise but only if I put my ear right on the ssd. I have never heard it other than just this moment and only after lifting my laptop and putting the bottom right to my ear.

This tells me then that, depending on how cooling and whatnot is routed through your system, it is entirely possible for this noise to exits. Apologies but....I never really listened that close ever.

 

you might try to replace it. some make quite hearable noise, most are about as silent as you can imagine (see last post of les).

 

I do think something's wrong... SSD should be silent from what i heard? Are u sure its ur SSD making the noise and not the CPU whinning?

 

Just an update. My SSD is as fast as ever, still producing the same noise, but I'm having no issues with it at all. My notebooks is super quiet, with the fans hardly ever coming on, so I was able to hear that noise in the first place. Intel SSD toolbox still reports that all is normal. After I had originally posted this thread I started to dig, and found in a search that others have reported the same thing as I. So it's just normal electronic noise from what I gather. Thanks for all that replied, but I'm not worried about it any longer.