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Old 08-05-2013, 04:21 PM   #1
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that internal noise a computer makes when it is "thinking" or working, what is actually causing that sound? what am i hearing?

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Old 08-05-2013, 04:23 PM   #2
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it's the flux capacitor

 
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Old 08-05-2013, 04:28 PM   #3
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The clicking? That's data being written to/read from the hard drive.

 
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Old 08-05-2013, 04:29 PM   #4
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yeah, the clicking. why does it make a sound? what is happening specifically that creates an audible effect?

 
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Old 08-05-2013, 04:30 PM   #5
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By teeny little scribes.

 
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Old 08-05-2013, 04:31 PM   #6
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i wish solid state drives were cheaper.

 
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Old 08-05-2013, 04:34 PM   #7
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There are two basic moving parts on a hard drive. The disks and the read/write head. Kind of looks like a record player. Except the disk moves (usually) at 5400 rpm. The read/write head moves back and forth across the disk and does so dozens of times a second. That's what you're hearing.

 
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Old 08-05-2013, 04:35 PM   #8
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cool thx

 
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Old 08-05-2013, 04:36 PM   #9
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now put a magnet on it. makes it run faster.

 
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Old 08-05-2013, 04:38 PM   #10
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call monte.

 
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Old 08-05-2013, 04:41 PM   #11
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now put a magnet on it. makes it run faster.
like a japanese train

 
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Old 08-05-2013, 09:11 PM   #12
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MonteITS to thread

 
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Old 08-05-2013, 09:40 PM   #13
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if only we knew what monteits was

 
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Old 08-05-2013, 11:20 PM   #14
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i read that as monte-itis

 
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Old 08-06-2013, 12:05 AM   #15
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now put a magnet on it. makes it run faster.
I just learned about what a solid state drive was the other day when I was buying my new macbook. The guy was trying to sell my on the airbook cause the drive was solid state I guess and thus was running much faster with lots of programs open than the macbook, which has way more gigahertz or whatever. airbook was a hundred bucks cheaper but I couldn't abide lack of disc drive and miniscule hard drive

 
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Old 08-06-2013, 03:19 AM   #16
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way to fuck up a netphoria meme scotty.

 
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Old 08-06-2013, 06:19 AM   #17
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Here it is

http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/8045...-fieri-gif.gif



http://www.monteit.com/images/new_top_logo.gif

 
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Old 08-06-2013, 06:58 AM   #18
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I just learned about what a solid state drive was the other day when I was buying my new macbook. The guy was trying to sell my on the airbook cause the drive was solid state I guess and thus was running much faster with lots of programs open than the macbook, which has way more gigahertz or whatever. airbook was a hundred bucks cheaper but I couldn't abide lack of disc drive and miniscule hard drive
There's these things called "ultrabooks". They're laptops without CD drives. Don't know why that deserves the name "ultra". *shrug*

Maybe CDs are going to die out in a few years.

 
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Old 08-06-2013, 09:53 PM   #19
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way to fuck up a netphoria meme scotty.
i'm glad he's dead

 
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Old 08-07-2013, 01:29 AM   #20
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There's these things called "ultrabooks". They're laptops without CD drives. Don't know why that deserves the name "ultra". *shrug*

Maybe CDs are going to die out in a few years.

They're going to stop putting them in cars. I'm still making tapes.


http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/...ppear/2601827/

 
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Old 08-07-2013, 01:32 AM   #21
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Hipster!

 
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Old 08-07-2013, 02:06 AM   #22
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CDs will probably "die out" eventually, but there are still so many practical applications to the compact disc, I think it will be awhile. When I told the salesman at micro center that I watch a lot of shows and movies on my computer and still occasionally rip and burn CDs, he shrugged and told me the alternative was to buy an external disc drive. This just seems like a huge pain in the ass and probably not worth the price difference for just buying the computer that actually his the disc drive.

 
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Old 08-07-2013, 02:11 AM   #23
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i want all your cds so i can sell them back to you in 10 years as rare nostalgic collectors items and made into various esty craft #cute items.

 
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Old 08-07-2013, 03:33 AM   #24
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If you hear audible noises, back up the drive. Your HDD is probably on its last legs. You should buy a new one

Unless it's a fan sound in which case you're running too hot and it's mostikely something on the board, the fan itself, or a virus

 
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Old 08-07-2013, 09:16 AM   #25
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wipe your HD, install XP

 
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Old 08-07-2013, 09:49 AM   #26
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wipe it good.

 
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Old 08-07-2013, 09:49 AM   #27
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Front to back

Don't want a bladder infection now.

 
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