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    Weird geiger counter sound coming from Hardrive area...

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Xythil, Jan 6, 2009.

  1. Xythil

    Xythil Notebook Consultant

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    Had my DV5T a couple months now. Thought it was a broken hardrive but I had them send me a replacement and I still here it.

    It just sounds like a geiger counter somtimes... not sure if this is normal?

    Many times the sound is there when I am not accessing anything from the hardrive.

    Tends to happen alot when streaming or just browsing the net.

    Any ideas?
     
    Xythil, Jan 6, 2009
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  2. Tom-

    Tom- Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is the hard drive activity light on?
     
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  3. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    the clicking sound you probably mean is usually the HDD indexing something, or the heads going into lock/safe/rest positions. nothing to worry about.
     
    whizzo, Jan 6, 2009
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  4. Xythil

    Xythil Notebook Consultant

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    don't remember my last laptop making this noise constantly is all

    on a side note, how have DV5Ts been holding up?
     
    Xythil, Jan 6, 2009
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