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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:13 pm    Post subject: Uh, Oh......maybe.....or maybe not.... Reply with quote

I just came into the bacement a little while ago. I heard a pop/snap/clunk type of noise coming from my computer (it was on & shrubbing away at the moment). I went over, saw nothing amiss, smelled nothing amiss & heard nothing out of the ordinary either.

So I shut it down, pulled it down and proceded to open it up. Everything seemed ok there too.

I closed it up put it back, plugged everything back in (damn there is a lot to plug into the back of a machine) and fired it back up.

Everything came back up no problem......now should I worry or should I go about my busniness like everything is ok? Confused
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe you have been traumatized by your breakfast, so I think you heard these guys, except it is 'Crackle' NOT 'Clunk'.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Could be as simple as a case fan getting a tad on the dusty side. Do you have the bios setup to automatically shut down if things get hot? Beyond that I'm a compulsive backup type person and would suggest burning a couple of dvds of any important data just in case it was an imminent hard drive failure you were hearing.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

or it could be a simple case of some insect getting in the fans and/or getting burned up from the heat of some chip. (has happened, I have occasionally found small insects burned up...)
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok, that's bugs. They've always been there.

I would say, don't worry. If youve checked, surely nothing will happen... so far.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do what I do. Keep your fingers crossed and hope that you only imagined it. Confused
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think it must be the wee people dancing on your hard disc, they love it, you will need to bribe them with food and drink to lure them away.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Having opened the case I can tell you tat there wasn't too much dust, (just a little, not even enough to merit getting out the canned air) and I did not even see any bugs (mabe a fan got one). I will be starting the back up process today though (I have a second HD in there & a copy of Acronis just for that purpose....)
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