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fightingdutchman
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November 7th, 2020 05:00
scratching/grinding from laptop
I Have a g3 3590. since a while I hear an irregular scratching noise coming from the top left part of the keyboard. I only hear it when the fans aren't on but it might be there all the time. It isn't loud but still annoying to hear.
I ran the hardware tests provided by Dell and they didn't show anything but I'm still slightly worried. Should I be worried and is there possibly a solution to this?
There are only two devices with moving parts in the system -- the fan(s) and if you have one, the hard drive.
If it's not the fan, it could simply be the drive -- which has a wear leveling algorithm that moves the heads at random so they're not always hovering over the same spot on the media.
fightingdutchman
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Posted November 7th, 2020 09:00
EDIT: The scratching is coming from the bottom left.
fightingdutchman
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Posted November 7th, 2020 10:00
Thanks for answering.
I think it has to be the hard drive cause I hear it even when the fans aren't moving.
If it is the hard drive is that sound normal or is something bad happening?
Again thanks for answering.
fightingdutchman
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Posted November 7th, 2020 12:00
Thanks for taking your time to answer my question.
ejn63
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It's likely normal, as it's a part of the drive's logic board design, to prevent media damage.
If it becomes too distracting, replace the hard drive with a solid state drive -- these are silent, having no moving parts.