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KARYN FROM HAWAII - 28 Feb 2006 21:50 GMT

Aloha!

I hope somesone can recognize what's going on here...this is the first time
I've ever used this forum so I hope I'm doing it right.

I have Pentium 4 running Windows XP Home Edition.

No problems for years but this just started happening about 1 out of 5 times
when I push the "power" button on my hard drive to turn my computer on, the
hardrive makes this loud whirring noise like a fan turned on high speed -
scary! So I have immediately pushed the power button off and waited a few
seconds. When I push the power button again, the hard drive starts normally
and the system boots normally.

Does anybody recognize what in the world is happening when I power on and
that horrible fan/whirring sound starts or what I should do to diagnose the
problem.

I am not knowledgable about any of this so please speak in "baby" computer
language for me.

I so appreatiate any help or suggestions! Mahalo nui loa (thanks so much)!

Karyn

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Peter - 28 Feb 2006 21:57 GMT

Some noises at startup are normal but you might want to get a diagnostic
tool for your HD from the manufacturer's website.

Download Belarc Advisor, run it and it will tell you what its code/type is.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 Fully Updated
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HD, 2.0gb DDR

> Aloha!
>
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>
> Karyn

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Peter - 28 Feb 2006 21:59 GMT

P.S. it could also be something else, a fan or...? In which case a PC repair
shop would be in order. Publish here what Belarc says about the HD.

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 Fully Updated
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HD, 2.0gb DDR

> Aloha!
>
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>
> Karyn

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KARYN FROM HAWAII - 28 Feb 2006 22:37 GMT

Aloha Peter & Mahalo for the info. I have no idea how to interpret the
Belarc info it gave me but here is what the Belarc tool said:

Computer Profile Summary
Computer Name:     Karyn (in MSHOME)
Profile Date:     Tuesday, February 28, 2006 12:15:08 PM
Advisor Version:     7.1f

Operating System
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600)
Processor a
3.20 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
16 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Drives
156.42 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
144.07 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B [CD-ROM drive]
Philips DVD+RW DVD8601 [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Maxtor 6Y160M0 [Hard drive] (160.00 GB) -- drive 0

Users (mouse over user name for details)
local user accounts    last logon
Administrator
2/27/2006 2:56:31 PM    (admin)
KARYN
2/28/2006 10:41:19 AM    (admin)
local system accounts
ASPNET
never
Guest
never
HelpAssistant
never
SUPPORT_388945a0    never

Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account
Controllers
Standard floppy disk controller
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 266F
Intel(R) 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Bus Adapters
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 2658
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 2659
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 265A
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 265B
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 265C
Communications
Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem

1394 Net Adapter
    IP Address:     66.248.53.46 / 32
    Gateway:     66.248.53.46
    Physical Address:     00:53:45:00:00:00
Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller
    Dhcp Server:     none responded
    Physical Address:     00:11:11:B7:FF:96
RAS Async Adapter

Networking Dns Servers:     64.136.28.122
64.136.20.122

Virus Protection [Back to Top]
Norton AntiVirus Version 10.00
Virus Definitions Version 2/22/2006 Rev 6
Last Disk Scan on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 10:33:44 PM
Realtime File Scanning On

System Model
Dell Inc. Dimension 8400
System Service Tag: 78Z9R51 (support for this PC)
Chassis Serial Number: 78Z9R51
Enclosure Type: Mini-Tower
Main Circuit Board b
Board: Dell Inc. 0J3492
Serial Number: ..CN481114BS00C0.
Bus Clock: 800 megahertz
BIOS: Dell Inc. A03 10/11/2004
Memory Modules c,d
1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'CHANNEL A DIMM 0' has 512 MB
Slot 'CHANNEL B DIMM 0' has 512 MB
Slot 'CHANNEL A DIMM 1' is Empty
Slot 'CHANNEL B DIMM 1' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0)    156.42 GB    144.07 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Printers
HP PSC 1600 series    on USB001

Display
RADEON X300 Series [Display adapter]
RADEON X300 Series Secondary [Display adapter]
DELL E771a [Monitor] (15.2"vis, s/n 8J8541CD81HA, December 2001)
Multimedia
Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
Other Devices
OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
USB Human Interface Device
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
HID-compliant mouse
PS/2 Compatible Mouse
USB Root Hub (5x)

Missing Microsoft Security Hotfixes [Back to Top]
All required security hotfixes (using the 02/14/2006 Microsoft Security
Bulletin Summary) have been installed.

Installed Microsoft Hotfixes
.NETFramework
1.1
S867460
on 2/5/2006    (details...)

M886903
on 2/5/2006    (details...)

Internet Explorer
SP2
    (SP2)
Windows Media Format SDK
SP0
KB891122
on 2/7/2006    (details...)

KB902344
on 2/7/2006    (details...)

Windows Media Player 10
SP0
KB911565
on 2/14/2006    (details...)

Windows Media Player
SP0
KB911564
on 2/14/2006    (details...)

Windows XP
SP-1
KB909520
on 2/7/2006    (details...)

SP3
KB873333
on 2/5/2006    (details...)

KB873339
on 2/5/2006    (details...)

KB885250
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KB885835
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KB888113
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KB888302
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KB890859
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KB911927
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KB912919
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KB913446
on 2/15/2006    (details...)

Software Licenses
Belarc - Advisor    094673b8
Dell Computer - SysInfo    78Z9R51
Hewlett-Packard - WebReg    MY5A5F224PL0
Microsoft - Internet Explorer    76477-OEM-0011903-00102 (Key:
RCBF6-6KDMK-GD6GR-K6DP3-4C8MT)e
Microsoft - Picture It! Photo 2002    03506-OEM-0000007-00000 (Key:
TM66R-2Q86K-HXPBD-CQ9TR-9WTQY)e
Microsoft - WebFldrs XP    12345-111-1111111-60932
Microsoft - Windows XP Home Edition    76477-OEM-0011903-00102 (Key:
RCBF6-6KDMK-GD6GR-K6DP3-4C8MT)e
Microsoft - Word 2002    54189-OEM-1690804-40462 (Key:
RXKJ6-79QBV-FT4Q3-9JFJT-GGRWT)e
Microsoft - Works 6.0    03506-OEM-0000007-00000 (Key:
TM66R-2Q86K-HXPBD-CQ9TR-9WTQY)e
Microsoft - Works Suite 2002    53602-442-0085001-09137
Sonic - MyDVD    C2PNDPGYUDKZ2E7ST
Sonic Solutions - Sonic DLA    CBM36R95DVN4UXFJY
Sonic Solutions - Sonic MyDVD    C2PNDPGYUDKZ2E7ST
Sonic Solutions - Sonic RecordNow!    C5HL2KVAEPDSS4JGR
Symantec - MSRedist    1
Symantec - Norton AntiSpam    1
Symantec - Norton AntiVirus    1
Symantec - Norton Internet Security    1
Symantec - Norton WMI Update    1

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Adobe Acrobat Version 7.0.5.2005092300 *
Adobe Reader Version 7.0.7.2006011300 *
Analog Devices, Inc. - SMax4PNP Application Version 5, 0, 2, 0 *
Apple Computer, Inc. - QuickTime QuickTime 5.0.1 *
Apple Computer, Inc. - QuickTime QuickTime 6.5 *
ATI Desktop Component Version 6.14.10.5120 *
ATI External Event Utility for WindowsNT and Windows9X Version 6.14.4105.02 *
ATI Smart Version 5.13.0020 *
Belarc, Inc. - Advisor Version 7.1f *
Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 Version 7, 5, 2, 0 *
Canon - ZoomBrowser Application Version 3, 1, 0, 40 *
Canon - ZoomBrowser Version 3, 1, 0, 40 *
Canon Information Systems Research Australia Pty Ltd. - PhotoRecord Version
1, 4, 1, 5 *
Canon Utilities PhotoStitch Launcher Version 3.1.1 *
Canon Utilities RAW Image Converter Version 1, 2, 0, 6 *
Canon Utilities RemoteCapture Version 2.1.0.12 *
Cinematronics - 3D Pinball Version 5.1.2600.2180 *
Creative Diagnostics 3 Version 3.10.8.0 *
Creative Diagnostics Agent Version 1.2.5.0 *
Creative Labs Inc. - Speaker Calibrator Application Version
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Creative MediaSource Go! Version 1.0.26.0 *
Creative MediaSource Version 1.0.0.0 *
Creative Restore Defaults Application Version 1, 0, 1, 0 *
Creative Service for CDROM Access Version 1.0.0.0 *
Creative Speaker Settings Version 1.0.0.0 *
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Creative Updreg Version 1.0.2 *
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HP PML Version 9, 0, 0, 0 *
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Peter - 28 Feb 2006 23:24 GMT

Aloha Karyn from frigid Toronto (14F).
There's a diagnostic you can download here:
http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.3c67e325e0a6b1f6294198b0913460
68/?channelpath=/en_us/Support/Software%20Downloads/All%20Downloads&downloadID=2
2

You can also scout around their site for FAQ's and Q's & A's etc.
Is the power supply OK and can you feel wind coming out of the fan vent?

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 Fully Updated
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HD, 2.0gb DDR

> Aloha Peter & Mahalo for the info. I have no idea how to interpret the
> Belarc info it gave me but here is what the Belarc tool said:
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> HpqPhUnl Application Version 4.5.0.133 *
> I.R.I.S. SA - Registration Wizard Version 5, 0, 0, 2 *

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Peter - 28 Feb 2006 23:31 GMT

I should have warned you not to post the key codes for your licences...oops,
too late.

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 Fully Updated
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HD, 2.0gb DDR

> Aloha Karyn from frigid Toronto (14F).
> There's a diagnostic you can download here:
[quoted text clipped - 375 lines]
>> HpqPhUnl Application Version 4.5.0.133 *
>> I.R.I.S. SA - Registration Wizard Version 5, 0, 0, 2 *

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