PC makes clicking noises!

SuperCommando · Post by **SuperCommando** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:26 pm

So, I was using my PC and suddenly I notice that he's emitted a tapping noise, like, if a fan was hitting a ribbon, at first i was concerned because I was afraid that the HDD was failing, or a fan issue, so hoping it was the latter I investigated, it turns out, that it was coming from, or near too, my video card, Surprise! But this is the fun part, it only makes this noise when the Star Wars Galaxies patcher is running. I tested this by running several other programs, including another game patcher, but it ONLY does this when SWG is patching. It doesn't seem to be hurting anything, but what is it??

Darco · Post by **Darco** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:32 pm

are you sure its not the game playing a sound while it patches?

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:41 pm

Bedhind?

If it's only when it patches, is it really that big of a deal?

jks · Post by **jks** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:51 pm

It's your PC screaming out in protest. Standard procedure.

Pyroman · Post by **Pyroman** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:08 pm

[arnold_voice]It's a booomb![/arnold_voice].

hawk2196 · Post by **hawk2196** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:28 pm

i dont know, it's probobly cuz its a dell

noscottno · Post by **noscottno** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:31 pm

hawk2196 wrote:i dont know, it's probobly cuz its a dell

GOOD LOGIC.

DWells55 · Post by **DWells55** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:38 am

I can't see it being anything other than:
-A fan
-Hard drive
-CD/DVD drive

If it's the hard drive, that sucker is on its way out - I'd back up my crucial data just in case.

SuperCommando · Post by **SuperCommando** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:42 am

Its not the HD, and its not the game making a noise, I just won't ever run patcher and it will be fine. I hope =P

hawk2196 wrote:i dont know, it's probobly cuz its a dell

Thats the most retarded thing I've ever heard, there is nothing wrong with dells

jks · Post by **jks** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:43 am

SuperCommando wrote:Thats the most retarded thing I've ever heard, there is nothing wrong with dells

What isn't wrong with Dells?

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:20 am

I'd contact the publisher/developer of the game and patcher and send some support emails.

hawk2196 · Post by **hawk2196** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:21 am

ok,now,in all seriousness,when u run the patcher,does your processer fan come on? because alot of game patchers tend to make ur comp go nuts and work hard,if thats the case,try removing that plastic covering over the processer and processer fan

Explosive American · Post by **Explosive American** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:48 pm

I had this EXACT same problem with my G4. At first I also thought it was a hard drive failure, but upon closer inspection I saw that it was coming from my video card's GPU fan. I tapped it a few times, and it never made the sound again. I think it might have been coming loose or something, or becoming unbalanced.

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:26 pm

Explosive American wrote:I think it might have been coming loose or something, or becoming unbalanced.

That's what I would've thought as well, but seeing as how it ONLY happens during that program, I ruled it out...WAIT. I KNOW. Your computer is a bomb.

SuperCommando · Post by **SuperCommando** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:11 pm

I don't think my GPU has a fan on it, just a heatsink, as far as the processor fan goes, I'm not sure there's one over the heatsink either, there's a fan in front of it, that draws air through the heatsink, but its always running. maybe it just runs faster? I'll look at it.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:02 pm

Could be that the patch is doing some sort of stress test on your system or something.. Don't know.

DWells55 · Post by **DWells55** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:48 pm

The patch is likely rapidly opening/editing/saving files on the hard drive, thus making the hard drive click due to the large amount of usage it's getting. Meaning, it's possible the hard drive is on its way out.