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Laptop Griding Noise

  • 20-10-2011 10:00pm
    #1
    encryptix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 226 ✭✭


    Hey,

    I'm posting on behalf of my girlfriend. She has a Dell Inspiron 1545 and is having trouble. The hard drive is partitioned in two having windows 7 and ubuntu 11.04.

    Earlier she said her laptop started making grinding noises, and had to remove the battery to stop it. Windows 7 booted fine, but no programs would load properly, they all are "not responding". One or two did respond after 5 minutes but they are awfully slow and take a few moments to do any sort of command. Firefox crashed and it wouldn't close, even when the process was stopped using task manager.

    She then booted into Ubuntu, and everything works fine. She says all apps are working and the noise is gone.

    So I need some advice, what do you think has happened / what can she do about it ? I believe the grinding noise is coming from the hard drive but then ubuntu is working fine.     All files have been backed up too.

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Hard drive is on it's way out. Backup and be ready for it to go bang all of a sudden!


  • #3
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    There's something wrong with the hard drive. Considering it's the only mechanical device in the entire laptop it's the only thing that can make any sort of "mechanical" noise.


  • #4
    duckysauce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭duckysauce


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    There's something wrong with the hard drive. Considering it's the only mechanical device in the entire laptop it's the only thing that can make any sort of "mechanical" noise.

    blade gone on the system fan will made funky noises as well


  • #5
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    duckysauce wrote: »
    blade gone on the system fan will made funky noises as well

    The fact that windows is throwing a hissyfit would leave me to believe it's the HD being honest. Even if Ubuntu runs.


  • #6
    duckysauce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭duckysauce


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    The fact that windows is throwing a hissyfit would leave me to believe it's the HD being honest. Even if Ubuntu runs.

    yep drive is shagged I was replying the the comment about its the only part that generates noise.

    "Considering it's the only mechanical device in the entire laptop it's the only thing that can make any sort of "mechanical" noise."


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