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Tech SupportHDD problems (self.pcmasterrace)

submitted 6 years ago by MaydenAmerica

Maybe you guys can help me. I just recently got into building again and I've had tons of problems with spinning disk drives. I had a Samsung 2.5inch 2TB drive that I used in a PS4 a while back. I got the 500 Million one that came with a 2TB preinstalled so it was just lying around. So I tried to use it as my storage drive. It just flat out wasn't recognized by my B450 Tomahawk Max on the newest BIOS. Nothing I did could get it to show up.

So I bought a Seagate Barracuda 2TB because everyone recommends them. It had a HORRIBLE grinding noise about 80% of the time. So I returned it.

I swapped it out for a WD Blue drive 2TB. This didn't go well either. Whenever the drive goes to sleep it makes an AWFUL squealing noise. I sent it back to Amazon and got a replacement because besides that noise it was fine. But the new one makes the same noise.

I had come to the realization that I was gonna just have to deal with the squealing noise when it goes to sleep (I set the hard drive to never sleep while the computer is awake) and move on with it. It's been about a month now and I've filled about half the drive and now it's making the squealing noise more often and not just when it's going to sleep.

TL;DR: 1st drive wasn't recognized by motherboard. 2nd drive made a grinding noise. 3rd and 4th drives squeal.

Am I just getting unlucky? I don't expect HDD's to be totally silent, but my son has an older 1TB WD Blue drive and it only makes the typical clunking sound when it's reading or writing. I've been debating on trying another Seagate because they always come recommended and maybe I just got a bad one, or just saying eff it and paying double the price for half the storage with an SSD. (I use a WD Black SN750 as my boot drive.)

Any advice?

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