Jimbo 133 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Recently if I connect an IDE hard drive on the Primary slave socket it will make strange clicking noises, the first one eventually died all together, I've now replaced it and now this one has started making mad clicking noises too. If I don't have a drive on the primary slave socket, my PC takes over a minute to get past the initial IDE scan, seems strange that no other drive is effected, I've a pair of SATA drives that are fine, and a drive on primary master that is fine too, but if I have a drive on primary slave it all goes mental. Perhaps its groaning under the weight of all porn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Recently if I connect an IDE hard drive on the Primary slave socket it will make strange clicking noises, the first one eventually died all together, I've now replaced it and now this one has started making mad clicking noises too. If I don't have a drive on the primary slave socket, my PC takes over a minute to get past the initial IDE scan, seems strange that no other drive is effected, I've a pair of SATA drives that are fine, and a drive on primary master that is fine too, but if I have a drive on primary slave it all goes mental. Perhaps its groaning under the weight of all porn. All the porn ever made? Anyway 1) is your power supply adequate? 2) download speedfan http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php - maybe the drive is overheating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 Power supply shouldn't be a problem, I've got one of these bad boys: http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/112897 I've tried a new IDE cable and that's not made any difference, it just seems strange its only ever a problem on that IDE socket, if it was a power problem it should be on others too ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 what about some kind of vista problem? have you got all the latest drivers and bios and stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 what about some kind of vista problem? have you got all the latest drivers and bios and stuff? I guess thats a distinct possiblity, these problems are all since installing Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6321 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Have u got a motherboard that'll accept SATA drives too Jimbo?? Just upgraded to Vista and I'm well impressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 Have u got a motherboard that'll accept SATA drives too Jimbo?? Just upgraded to Vista and I'm well impressed Yes mate mines an ASUS AN8 SLI Deluxe, my system drive/drives is a SATA Raid, a pair of Western Digital Raptors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 have a read of this jimbomelad http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/dr...pict230257.html try adjusting your power management settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted April 4, 2007 Author Share Posted April 4, 2007 have a read of this jimbomelad http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/dr...pict230257.html try adjusting your power management settings Cheers dude, I've had a look and it seems you can't stop the powersaving shut down but I've given it massive time limit which hopefully won't allow it to come into effect ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted April 4, 2007 Author Share Posted April 4, 2007 Right ! I've had to fit another hard drive as the one that was clicking seems totally wanked out, since I've fitted the new one with the power saving settings adjusted its so far so good. Cheers Laz ! you're a star ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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