Hi, I have a system with the following specs:
600W Silverstone SST-ST60F
Intel Q6600
EVGA 8800GT
4gb Corsair DDR2 800 TWIN2X4096-6400CS memory
Asus Maximus Formula
Zerotherm Nirvana NV120 cooler
x1 Seagate 80gb hard drive
x3 Seagate 1tb hard drive
The power supply is cannibalized from an older system and all indications are that is should be more than enough to run my system. It is rated for a combined 504W across its four 12V rails.
My problem is that one of my 1tb hard drives makes a clicking sound. This is not the rapid click-click-click sound from normal operation but a single, relatively loud CLICK every few minutes. Neither SMART nor Seagate's long disagnostic test reports anything wrong (incidentally, it takes 3 hours to run the Seagate test on a 1tb drive). That made me think the mechanical arm on the drive was defective, which is a problem that these tests wouldn't detect, but this same drive stops making the noise if I unplug one of the other drives. The noise only occurs if I have all four drives operating. If the clicking sound really was being caused by a physical defect, it should be unaffected by the operation of the other drives.
I'm now thinking the third 1tb is fine but that it isn't getting enough power when all four drives are on. I chatted briefly with Seagate tech support and they suggested the same thing. My question is: why? The Silverstone isn't the latest and great PSU but it seems more than enough to run my system. In fact, I used this very same PSU in an older system that also had four internal drives - although with a different mix of drives (x1 80gb, x1 1tb, x2 160gb) - and never had the clicking sound. So do I need a new PSU? Any feedback would be appreciated.
600W Silverstone SST-ST60F
Intel Q6600
EVGA 8800GT
4gb Corsair DDR2 800 TWIN2X4096-6400CS memory
Asus Maximus Formula
Zerotherm Nirvana NV120 cooler
x1 Seagate 80gb hard drive
x3 Seagate 1tb hard drive
The power supply is cannibalized from an older system and all indications are that is should be more than enough to run my system. It is rated for a combined 504W across its four 12V rails.
My problem is that one of my 1tb hard drives makes a clicking sound. This is not the rapid click-click-click sound from normal operation but a single, relatively loud CLICK every few minutes. Neither SMART nor Seagate's long disagnostic test reports anything wrong (incidentally, it takes 3 hours to run the Seagate test on a 1tb drive). That made me think the mechanical arm on the drive was defective, which is a problem that these tests wouldn't detect, but this same drive stops making the noise if I unplug one of the other drives. The noise only occurs if I have all four drives operating. If the clicking sound really was being caused by a physical defect, it should be unaffected by the operation of the other drives.
I'm now thinking the third 1tb is fine but that it isn't getting enough power when all four drives are on. I chatted briefly with Seagate tech support and they suggested the same thing. My question is: why? The Silverstone isn't the latest and great PSU but it seems more than enough to run my system. In fact, I used this very same PSU in an older system that also had four internal drives - although with a different mix of drives (x1 80gb, x1 1tb, x2 160gb) - and never had the clicking sound. So do I need a new PSU? Any feedback would be appreciated.