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Western Digital Blue Caviar hard disk making noises like sand

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Uploaded by on Mar 19, 2009

I discovered accidentally that my hard disk make a strange noise..
If I move it, it sounds like there's some sand inside it, running from one side to the opposite of the disk..

it is very alarming..

if someone of you had experiences like that, let me know please!!

the exact model is: WD3200AAKS

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  • well i have a 250gb ahrdrive filled with soem extremely important shit that is making a liek hihg pitch bepp sound or soemtign if its dad ima be pissed

  • @Si3z3 I guess high pitch beep should be treated with much carefulness

  • but if it stays without moving will it make that sound?? cuz ur not gonna be moving it all the time while suing ur computer, are you?

  • @diegoseichon ofc it won't. I just noticed there was 'something inside' when I was installing it, therefore I made this video in which I shake it just to let people hear what I am talking about. But when it is still, no sound of course!

    And by today it is still working good! (famous last words :P )

  • I have one that works just fine! I just ordered a second, planning on going RAID. Kind of wished I got a more expensive hard drive at the time, but oh well.

  • @Xxreaper008 I had on RAID for a couple of days, it is damn fast, u won't regret more expensive HDs!

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  • Its Probbly Desiccant to keep the hard drive dry from humidity.

  • mine has that too, it also makes a weird clicking sound when i boot up and try to install vista onto it

  • it has silica gel inside mate thats why it makes that sound

  • dude wtf iv got one of those for me little bros and its the 160gb one but its so slow and it just hangs for ages crap

  • that sounds like shattered glass platters to me. i had that happen to a laptop drive.

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