Screeching Sound From Hard Drive

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I left the cover off my PC for a couple of days, and now I'm getting a
high-pitched screeching sound from the hard drive. I figure, perhaps some
piece of dust or debris got in there? I'm sure it's coming from the hard
drive. I tried blowing it out with canned air, but that didn't help. Any
suggestions?

Thanks!

Neil
 
I left the cover off my PC for a couple of days, and now I'm getting a
high-pitched screeching sound from the hard drive. I figure, perhaps some
piece of dust or debris got in there? I'm sure it's coming from the hard
drive. I tried blowing it out with canned air, but that didn't help. Any
suggestions?

Thanks!

Neil
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nope...
the drive is hernetically sealed...
no dust could get inside
 
nope...
the drive is hernetically sealed...
no dust could get inside
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Usually it is not sealed, it has a breather hole and filter.
That filter is quite sufficient to stop dust though, and
even if a dust particle did somehow manage to get into the
drive, it would not cause a screeching sound as that is from
the bearing, instead dust would (possibly) crash the head if
it had stuck to a platter.

More likely, the drive's bearing has been damaged, either
during shipping, handling, installation, or during the
recent events while the computer cover was off.

The data needs copied off immediately, the diagnostics ran,
and an attemp at RMA if the drive is under warranty still.
 
Usually it is not sealed, it has a breather hole and filter.
That filter is quite sufficient to stop dust though, and
even if a dust particle did somehow manage to get into the
drive, it would not cause a screeching sound as that is from
the bearing, instead dust would (possibly) crash the head if
it had stuck to a platter.

More likely, the drive's bearing has been damaged, either
during shipping, handling, installation, or during the
recent events while the computer cover was off.

The data needs copied off immediately, the diagnostics ran,
and an attemp at RMA if the drive is under warranty still.
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AFAIK the breather hole is usually covered by a sticker...
but even if the sticker was taken off...not enough dust would get inside
to immediately damage the drive

I agree, the drive should be backed up at once
 
I left the cover off my PC for a couple of days, and now I'm getting
a
high-pitched screeching sound from the hard drive. I figure, perhaps
some piece of dust or debris got in there? I'm sure it's coming from
the hard drive. I tried blowing it out with canned air, but that
didn't help. Any suggestions?
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When the noise happens, try (gently) stopping the power supply fan or the
CPU fan with the eraser end of a pencil. Those are the usual sources of
such noises.
 
AFAIK the breather hole is usually covered by a sticker...
but even if the sticker was taken off...not enough dust would get inside
to immediately damage the drive
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went thru my box_o_dead_harddrives

and sure enough found quite a few with an exposed hole...
 
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