one of my PC's Click!

[jct1999]

i had a western digital hd do the clicking thing the progressively got worse then failed completly so it could be a hd

[LT. Columbo]

ANOTHER thing i just noticed

this MIGHT be it. the front of the tower case has that molded plastic front. when i ever so slightly apply just a tincy amount of pressure on the side, it makes what i think is a replica of the sound! my tv does this too sometimes as it also sits on a hard smooth surface. big trucks often drive by the street outside and being in a 2-story house, the walls and floors get a slight shimmy every now and then when these bastards have a full load of gravel.

this could be it too

i think i'll try and put in some kinf of foam or styrofoam to eliminate this.

no hibernation, with my luck it's the HD though

[Chewy]

we had some optical equipment, to isolate from vibration just set on stack of newspaper(inch or two)

[jm1647]

will this mean that when i come back after a while, things will load slowish initially?

A little the HDD has to spin up to speed, shouldn't bother ya. When your using the HDD no difference, until ya don't use it for the time ya got it set for then it shuts off.

[LT. Columbo]

just found this is....i'm going to have to listen to this a little closer. the room it's in isn't exactly quiet either.

ok it's changed (HD setting)

i'll sit on this and monitor it a little closer, ty for the ideas so far fellas.