whenever i shutdown or restart my computer it makes a grunting sound like a caveman, sometimes it's one long grunt and other times it's a series of grunts...what can i do to help my poor machine?...
The things the others mentioned should be checked out, as they could be a serious problem in the making.
Since you only hear it at shutdown/reboot it could also be your antivirus software checking the floppy drive. An old hacker/prankster trick is to stick a bootable floppy with a virus on it in someone's (like that annoying co-worker in the next cubicle) floppy drive when they're not looking. They reboot and whammo - instant infection.
Norton (and others) will check the floppy drive to make sure there is not a virus-infected disk in it. If there is no disk at all it can make a grinding/growling noise. Watch the light on the drive to see if it is attempting to read a non-existent disk.
I would pull the case and see if I could HEAR where the noise was coming from.
I might make myself a ear horn out of a funnel or plastic pop bottle to help isolate it..
Could be all of above mentioned components but my guess POWER SUPPLY.
If safe too so (that is no live power at suspect location) and you think you found it CAREFULLY place a screwdriver blade lightly on edhe of componentto see if you feel the vibration. Or use a mechanics stethescope if you have one.
:shakehead ever since having posted this thread "the noise has left the machine..."
and now i haven't had a chance to check out the noise...i'll take the suggestions in and as soon as i locate the culprit i'll post a new reply....
The things the others mentioned should be checked out, as they could be a serious problem in the making.
Since you only hear it at shutdown/reboot it could also be your antivirus software checking the floppy drive. An old hacker/prankster trick is to stick a bootable floppy with a virus on it in someone's (like that annoying co-worker in the next cubicle) floppy drive when they're not looking. They reboot and whammo - instant infection.
Norton (and others) will check the floppy drive to make sure there is not a virus-infected disk in it. If there is no disk at all it can make a grinding/growling noise. Watch the light on the drive to see if it is attempting to read a non-existent disk.
Yes, and one way to get this on some motherboards with some BIOS revs is to turn on the floppy seek option in BIOS. Kinda a deepish rattly\raspy buzz is what that does to my ears, on bootup many times if no floppy is in drive it can seek 3X, if floppy is present in floppy drive, it normally seeks once. Stick a blank floppy in, see what happens as far as "grunts." If they become always once, then check BIOS settings (frequently in Advanced BIOS section or on some OEM machines in Boot section submenu options). The wording to look for for this option is typically "floppy seek at boot" or "Seek Floppy at boot (? mark optional, some BIOSs make it a question). If the grunt happens WHILE the motherboard's MFR logo or the boot screen set is showing, then it might well be a BIOS setting. OTOH, if it happens AFTER that it is software or Windows doing it if it is in fact the floppy grunting. A BAD floppy cable or floppy drive can result in this also, but typically the grunty buzz happens when Windows is running also if that is true.
If it is the HD, you should be getting many other symptoms also. Probably somewhat noisy ones. An auto mechanics stethescope can be used to isolate\pinpoint this physically, if you are dang careful where you put the probe (not a nurses stethescope, those MAGNIFY noise too much). I carry one in my large field kit set. The SMALL kit is my Leatherman tool, one bent-tip forceps, one tweezers with bent tip and a AA minimaglight flashlight, and a pocket sized parts holder.
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The things the others mentioned should be checked out, as they could be a serious problem in the making.
Since you only hear it at shutdown/reboot it could also be your antivirus software checking the floppy drive. An old hacker/prankster trick is to stick a bootable floppy with a virus on it in someone's (like that annoying co-worker in the next cubicle) floppy drive when they're not looking. They reboot and whammo - instant infection.
Norton (and others) will check the floppy drive to make sure there is not a virus-infected disk in it. If there is no disk at all it can make a grinding/growling noise. Watch the light on the drive to see if it is attempting to read a non-existent disk.
I might make myself a ear horn out of a funnel or plastic pop bottle to help isolate it..
Could be all of above mentioned components but my guess POWER SUPPLY.
If safe too so (that is no live power at suspect location) and you think you found it CAREFULLY place a screwdriver blade lightly on edhe of componentto see if you feel the vibration. Or use a mechanics stethescope if you have one.
and now i haven't had a chance to check out the noise...i'll take the suggestions in and as soon as i locate the culprit i'll post a new reply....
introduce your computer to any person named 'jane'
this will make it a happy computer and it won't grunt
failing that, I'd say fans or PSU. Just like everybody else did, in fact
but I had to say that
Yes, and one way to get this on some motherboards with some BIOS revs is to turn on the floppy seek option in BIOS. Kinda a deepish rattly\raspy buzz is what that does to my ears, on bootup many times if no floppy is in drive it can seek 3X, if floppy is present in floppy drive, it normally seeks once. Stick a blank floppy in, see what happens as far as "grunts." If they become always once, then check BIOS settings (frequently in Advanced BIOS section or on some OEM machines in Boot section submenu options). The wording to look for for this option is typically "floppy seek at boot" or "Seek Floppy at boot (? mark optional, some BIOSs make it a question). If the grunt happens WHILE the motherboard's MFR logo or the boot screen set is showing, then it might well be a BIOS setting. OTOH, if it happens AFTER that it is software or Windows doing it if it is in fact the floppy grunting. A BAD floppy cable or floppy drive can result in this also, but typically the grunty buzz happens when Windows is running also if that is true.
If it is the HD, you should be getting many other symptoms also. Probably somewhat noisy ones. An auto mechanics stethescope can be used to isolate\pinpoint this physically, if you are dang careful where you put the probe (not a nurses stethescope, those MAGNIFY noise too much). I carry one in my large field kit set. The SMALL kit is my Leatherman tool, one bent-tip forceps, one tweezers with bent tip and a AA minimaglight flashlight, and a pocket sized parts holder.