Anyone Ever Replace A Hard Drive?

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Ron

It frequently whines like it is overworking & the meter says that the CPU Resources is at 100%

Your system could also be over heating. It is very important to open the panel and blow out all the dust using either a can of compressed air or air compressor.

[Ron]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Your system could also be over heating. It is very important to open the panel and blow out all the dust using either a can of compressed air or air compressor.

I'll try that thanks!

[Ron]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Check to make sure it's not a fan that is making that noise

Do you run updated anti-virus/anti spyware?

Also a background running program like a virus scanner will make the HD run and if it's a bloatware program like Norton it may use a lot of system resources.

You should be able to go into taskmanager and processes and see what is hogging CPU

It tosses back & forth between firefox & system idle process.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Ron

I'll try that thanks!

AND check fans. The dust can weigh down the fans so they are working over time and not moving as fast as they should. Ball bearings go bad too, no oil. Especially the CPU fan, and make sure there are no loose cables that can stop a fan

[Ron]

Just had a brother in my old Church give me a call & he is pretty good with computers (he has six running in his apartment) as he has his own digital graphics company & he suspects I have virus(s) that have burrowed into my computer.
AVG hasn't caught anything on my computer but he can boot up my computer jhooked up to his laptop I think and catch it there.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Ron

It tosses back & forth between firefox & system idle process.

It's firefox

http://www.techzilo.com/easy-tip-red...ge-of-firefox/

I suggest the two symptoms are unrelated. Do what RW and myself suggested earlier, see if the whine is really coming from the HD and not a fan

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Ron

Just had a brother in my old Church give me a call & he is pretty good with computers (he has six running in his apartment) as he has his own digital graphics company & he suspects I have virus(s) that have burrowed into my computer.
AVG hasn't caught anything on my computer but he can boot up my computer jhooked up to his laptop I think and catch it there.

Could be a zombie. Download and install http://www.malwarebytes.org/

free.

update and run it.

but first check the fans for noise. Im pretty sure it's FF that is using the resources

[jfrog]

Originally Posted by Ron

It frequently whines like it is overworking & the meter says that the CPU Resources is at 100%

With cpu usage at 100% almost constantly its probly just fans kicking on high to keep the thing cool. It also means you probably have a few background process that are taking alot of resources. Probably viruses. (Dying harddrives can make noises too though)

One way to manually check and see if you have any viruses is to do ctrl alt del and click on the processes tab. Anything that doesn't sound legit or that you don't know what is just type its name into google (There probably won't be over 40 processes total). This isn't foolproof because some viruses have ways of avoiding being shown here but this method has worked well for me in the past. Usually google also tells you methods to remove any viruses you find this way.

[jfrog]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Could be a zombie. Download and install http://www.malwarebytes.org/

free.

update and run it.

but first check the fans for noise. Im pretty sure it's FF that is using the resources

yes firefox is a memory hog. Mines memory usage from firefox alone has been up to over 600000 K before.

[Praxeas]

It's funny. I remember when FF was the "it" browsers for being the opposite of IE....

Anyways, Ron wanted to remind you NOT to touch the mother board or the ram chips unless you are grounded. Touch the case to discharge any static electricity