PC Making weird noises
 

I got this old pc in the corner running and then i heard a "tup dup tup" continuous noise.

It's the same noise (just once) when you turn on the pc, the "Tdup" noise.


but this is when the pc is running, i hear this noise, like crackers going off or something.

what is this?? a power supply going out?? hd going out??



here are the system stats

500mhz amd k6-2 processor.
192mb pc133 ram
radeon 7000 pci video card
ethernet
4xcdrw
windows xp pro


and this pc is on a lan w/ a good one and they share files and such.


can someone plz tell me what's going on here?

cant really tell from the description.

probably the hdd though.

Unplug your hdd and boot....see if its your cdrom.

just try unplugging moving parts and booting til the noise stops.

yeah, it's coming from the hard drive.


i put a boot disk in w/ the hd power cord unplugged and no noises came out.

so, the problem is w/ the hard drive.

what does this mean, is it going out or what?

Very well could be.......if it's a hard drive you have important stuff on it back it up. Then just run it till it dies.

ya, sounds like you're about to loose a HD.
the cracking sounds could be a short... might wanna keep an extinuguisher nearby just in case :)

it doesnt want to go to UT with you!!! :P

yah... it could be the notorious "click of death"

back up what you need asap... and be prepared to start from scratch...

hehe, actually MY pc is working fine, which i just built, and am going to take to UT.

the one dying is the family pc.

Yeah, back that stuff up now. You might also want to take a can of compressed air to the fans while you're in there. That'll save the proc!

Depending on what size your hard drive is, you could easily get a new one for under $100. Hell, probably under $75.

Oh, one more time: back it up NOW!

Just a thought, when was the last time you blew all the crap out of the fan and vents? Couldn't hurt.

yeah, i vacume the fan n heatsink sometimes.


and btw, i have a new problem.

i just found that the shitty bios has a limit of 17gigs.

so, if i buy an oem drive, i wont get the stuff to get past this limit

can i download this somewhere online?