Clicking noise?

krooton

krooton

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A few days ago I noticed a periodic clicking noise coming from my pc.

It has a pretty consistent rhythm, and doesn't sound fan related, so I assumed it was an old mechanical HDD I have in there giving up the ghost.

This morning I unplug that drive (the only mech drive in there, everything else is SSD/M2) assuming it is the only thing with moving parts that could be causing it. Sound persists.

I turn off all the fans, sound persists.

Doesn't sound like it is coming from my PSU either, it is near the top of my case, and isn't coming from the graphics card.

I don't have any other moving parts in my machine, all air-cooled, so I am stumped as to what is causing this.

Video below in case anyone recognises the type of sound.

 
timmy222 said:
Did you make sure the mech drive is totally un connected - removed the power to cable?
Sounds so much like a dying mech drive.
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Yep, pulled both cables.

Will stick her on the desk and open her up at lunch time and have a proper investigation.

So weird though, turning off all the case fans meant the only moving parts left where the PSU (deffo not where the sound is coming from) and the 2 fans on my cpu cooler. No optical drive, no other mech drives, super weird.

Also, the period between clicks is consistent, when I play the recording I can sync it up with my machine perfectly.
 
False alarm, a cable had shifted and was blocking my front cpu fan from spinning, all good now.
 
Ah yes I had the same thing after installing a new mobo.
Made a tick tick tick sound. Turned out a cable tie was tapping the rear case fan in each rotation
 
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