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Post by elvisuk on Mar 25, 2009 13:51:50 GMT
H! Pat,
It may be the Hardrive or maybe a fan if you have a listen and see if you can tell wear the nose is coming from ;D
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Post by mikkh on Mar 25, 2009 19:54:06 GMT
Well I doubt if it's messengers fault, but as Elvis said, failing hard drives are the most likely cause of mysterious clicks. There's a possibility it may be your monitor acting up too, but a poorly hard drive is favourite.
If it's still under warranty, you need to contact them ASAP and get any precious files that you can't lose moved immediately to a pen/thumb drive for safekeeping
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Post by mikeyuk on Mar 25, 2009 20:07:26 GMT
I got that problem with my hard drive too.. After I partitioned the hard drive to 4 (1 primary and 1 extended with 2 logical drives) that problem dissapeared apart from when I use the 3rd logical drive I now and again hear the sharp tap and clicks in the drive. If your hard drive is out of warranty you can buy yourself a new one from £35. You need to know if the drive is SATA or IDE (PATA). You can find this out by removing the side cover and taking a look at the hard drive. If you see a thin wide ribbon coming out of the drive then you are using an IDE (PATA) drive. If you see a 2 red leads coming out then you are using SATA. Here is an example : - icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35363 <-- look at the 4th post. |
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Post by ken on Mar 26, 2009 9:43:51 GMT
A really fragmented drive can set it clicking and all it takes is defragging to sort it out.
In Vista Add & Remove Programs is in Computer not Control Panel.
KC
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Post by computing50yrs on Mar 26, 2009 10:18:35 GMT
Add Remove Programs is in Control Panel but its Icon says Programs and Features
Graham
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