View Full Version : ermmm...dumb question....
fkdup74
11-11-2004, 11:17 PM
hehehe....
why do i hear my psu switching on and off? :unsure:
like, i'm just sitting here f00kin around on the web, or whatever,
and i hear it switch on and off, but the pc keeps goin....
no shutdown or anything, i just hear that switch....
like the sound it makes when i shut down the pc...
:ph34r: is it possessed?:ph34r:
:lol: so, why's it do that?
Virtualbody1234
11-11-2004, 11:22 PM
Maybe a fan or your hard disk is making noise?
BILLY-THE-FISH
11-11-2004, 11:24 PM
I also get quite a loud clicking noise every now and then???
Weird, never have managed to work out what it is? :no:
I don't think it's my hard drive.
fkdup74
11-11-2004, 11:39 PM
Maybe a fan or your hard disk is making noise?
nah...
its the switching sound you hear when you shut down, completely,
when everything finally powers down and then you hear your PSU click off
thats the sound its makin (not all the time, just evey once in a while)
damn i wish i had a mic, i would record it :P :lol:
Apart from the fan stopping (which would be an absence of noise), the PSU does not make any noise when it shuts down. On the other hand, as indicated by VB, the HD most certainly does make a noise as it brakes the disk when shutting down.
fkdup74
11-12-2004, 04:30 PM
Apart from the fan stopping (which would be an absence of noise), the PSU does not make any noise when it shuts down. On the other hand, as indicated by VB, the HD most certainly does make a noise as it brakes the disk when shutting down.well...VB didnt exactly SAY that, but....:P
so i got some bad disc brakes eh?
damn midas fkd me again! :lol:
hehe....ok seriously now....
i always thought that was the power supply shutting down,
cause its after everything has powered off...
and i certainly dont wanna think that my HDD is braking during runtime...:(
that cant be good can it? :unsure:
Virtualbody1234
11-12-2004, 04:50 PM
Time to make some backups.
Beep beep beep.
Maybe it's drum brakes. :whistling
Mr. Elmo
11-12-2004, 05:12 PM
well...VB didnt exactly SAY that, but....:P
so i got some bad disc brakes eh?
damn midas fkd me again! :lol:
hehe....ok seriously now....
i always thought that was the power supply shutting down,
cause its after everything has powered off...
and i certainly dont wanna think that my HDD is braking during runtime...:(
that cant be good can it? :unsure:
so you rather have your psu stop during runtime? that's even worst hehe
fkdup74
11-12-2004, 05:13 PM
Maybe it's drum brakes. :whistling
hehehe
man i coulda swore i got the anti-lock option too :P
yeah, its way past time for me to make some backups anyway
guess i could get started on that....but man oh man teh laziness :(
:lol:
peat moss
11-13-2004, 01:26 AM
hehehe
man i coulda swore i got the anti-lock option too :P
yeah, its way past time for me to make some backups anyway
guess i could get started on that....but man oh man teh laziness :(
:lol:
Oh sure time to post on here ! But no time for laundry or the important things ! :D
tesco
11-13-2004, 01:53 AM
ya that's usually the hard drive making teh click noise when u shutdown.
for a brief period about a month or soomething ago I kept getting that same problem except that my whole computer would lock up after the drive came back on...
then it just went away after a while. :blink:
orcutt989
11-13-2004, 03:13 AM
hehehe
man i coulda swore i got the anti-lock option too :P
yeah, its way past time for me to make some backups anyway
guess i could get started on that....but man oh man teh laziness :(
:lol:
Could I request of you to cease the "hehe's" they make my brain hurt.
fkdup74
11-13-2004, 03:13 AM
ya that's usually the hard drive making teh click noise when u shutdown.
for a brief period about a month or soomething ago I kept getting that same problem except that my whole computer would lock up after the drive came back on...
then it just went away after a while. :blink:
*fkdup plays teh twilight zone theme for his and rossco's HDDs
:lol:
well my pc isnt freezing/locking up/etc.
so thats a plus i guess :unsure:
ahhhh fooey....let it break...i got my system imaged now :01:
2 hrs and 13 cd-rs later....:lol:
i sure wish acronis hadnt gave me any grief over my dvd-rs, coulda had it on 2 discs :dry:
fkdup74
11-13-2004, 03:16 AM
Could I request of you to cease the "hehe's" they make my brain hurt.
ermmmm.......no i'll pass
ever see that movie scanners? :w00t:
hehehehehe
tesco
11-13-2004, 03:51 AM
*fkdup plays teh twilight zone theme for his and rossco's HDDs
:lol:
well my pc isnt freezing/locking up/etc.
so thats a plus i guess :unsure:
ahhhh fooey....let it break...i got my system imaged now :01:
2 hrs and 13 cd-rs later....:lol:
i sure wish acronis hadnt gave me any grief over my dvd-rs, coulda had it on 2 discs :dry:
ya i know i want mine to break.
my dad wont let me order my new hard drive i've been saving for...he says it's unimportant and I should save my money. :rolleyes:
fkdup74
11-13-2004, 04:50 AM
ya i know i want mine to break.
my dad wont let me order my new hard drive i've been saving for...he says it's unimportant and I should save my money. :rolleyes:
awww man....not the old "priorities" speech? :ohmy: :ph34r:
Check your "power options" in control panel, it could simply be that it is turning your drive off because the power setting has timed out. Check the same thing in your bios setup too.
If you've got more than one HDD, one of them may power down while the other stays running, in that situation you would not notice any delay unless your program was specifically waiting for data from the stopped drive.
BTW, the brakes only come on after power has been removed. Otherwise you would be waiting ages for the drive to stop. With the new FD bearings they could keep spinning for hours without any power supplied.
i sure wish acronis hadnt gave me any grief over my dvd-rs, coulda had it on 2 discsSee, shoulda used Norton Ghost. :P
Not to try and scare you or anything, but if a hard drive often makes clicking noises while it's trying to access data its often a sign it's on it's way out....may just be powering down though.
fkdup74
11-14-2004, 01:48 AM
See, shoulda used Norton Ghost. :P
haha, NEVER! :P
ghost fks with my ASPI layer, so blah :P
Not to try and scare you or anything, but if a hard drive often makes clicking noises while it's trying to access data its often a sign it's on it's way out....may just be powering down though.
nah it dont do it all the time
in fact, dont think i've heard it today
and believe me, i've made this bitch access some data today
anyway, like i said, let it do its worst :w00t:
i got it imaged (not with ghost :P) and an 80 gigger on standby
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