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    T400 making a Chirping sound? HDD Bad?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by alittlemonkish, Jan 28, 2012.

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    alittlemonkish Notebook Consultant

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    http://forum.notebookreview.com/len...ng-sound-not-sure-why-component-making-2.html

    Above is a thread I started a while back when I first noticed the problem. Recently it has become a serious issue. It makes the chirping sound much more often now. It even makes it when I am not plugged in. I switched to integrated graphics and it still chirped. It is really annoying and I don't want to have to get a new HDD.

    Is there any way to fix the chirping?
    Is it bad for my computer?
    Should I expect my HDD to die? (Is it dieing)

    I have a Western Digital Scorpio Black HDD. 320GB @ 7200Rpm. If it matters it only has about 55GB of data on it and I just did a clean install of Win 7 over winter break.
     
    alittlemonkish, Jan 28, 2012
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