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hoemee · 08-29-2008, 12:36 PM

I am working on a friends computer and am having a weird problem - it came to me with the hard drive clicking - unusable - so ordered a replacement hard drive(seagate) and the new one out of the box would do the same thing. So, I RMA it back and got a Western digital...it is doing the same thing! Here is the weird thing though, if I lay the case down on it's side it works fine! I have jiggled the power supply cord while it is running and it doesn't stop...do you think it is a power supply problem or maybe the mobo?

It is a Dell XPS 200, windows media center edition

Any ideas?

08-29-2008, 12:36 PM	#1
hoemee Member (9 bit) Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Maine Posts: 310	HDD Clicking I am working on a friends computer and am having a weird problem - it came to me with the hard drive clicking - unusable - so ordered a replacement hard drive(seagate) and the new one out of the box would do the same thing. So, I RMA it back and got a Western digital...it is doing the same thing! Here is the weird thing though, if I lay the case down on it's side it works fine! I have jiggled the power supply cord while it is running and it doesn't stop...do you think it is a power supply problem or maybe the mobo? It is a Dell XPS 200, windows media center edition Any ideas?