Thank you Jim. I am going to open it up and clean it out (dust) and see if that helps. I appreciate the reply.
Jim Purcell wrote: > > it starts making a 'grinding' or 'ticking' noise. > > This sounds like hard drive activity. > > > Could my hard drive be dying? > > If the noise is constant that could be what is wrong. Even if it is > not what is wrong you should at the very least backup all your > software and make certain you have your rescue disks handy or see how > to run the rescue opration, some are now using a hidden partition > instead of disks. > > > What would make 'noise' inside the pc? It is silent now. > > There are only two things in the PC that can make a mechanical noise, > the hard drive and the fan(s). The fan is another possible cause. If > you have a vacuum with a plastic crevice tool you should try to clean > any dust accumulation. If the problem is resulting from overheating, > you could reboot as soon as the noise starts and go into the bios > setup. Some setup programs will show the voltages and or temperatures > of various components. Although heat could perhaps cause the fan(s) > or even the hard drive to start making noise it seems unlikely that > this would happen without some serious performance degradation.. > > Jim > > > > > > > I have removed everything that I had installed in the order that I > > installed them. No help. I ran Registry Mechanic and again, no help. I > > have run spyware and anti virus but they find nothing. > > > > Any thoughts? If you need more info, ask. > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -------------------- > > ~--> > > Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). 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