Mac Pro - Need some advice

heapscreative · heapscreative #1 (**permalink**)

11-11-2008, 09:58 AM

My Mac pro hard drive has started making some loud searching noises when I open up a program or even receive an email. It has also been running some programs very slow, especially adobe apps.

I did a clean reformat to see if that would help and still the problem continues. Any ideas what this could be or what I could do?

Chilbear · Chilbear #2 (**permalink**)

11-11-2008, 12:18 PM

Rule of thumb is if you hear a noise coming from what you believe to be the hard drive - backup and replace the drive ASAP. Better safe than sorry. Drives are cheap and in a production environment, time is worth more than the drive. Do it now and move on while the drive is still working.

Another thought - is that the noise may be power supply related but that usually is a high pitched whine, kind of like the noise when your hard drive stops and you have no back up.

chscag · chscag #3 (**permalink**)

11-11-2008, 01:14 PM

I agree with Chilbear, it may be time to replace the drive. Considering it's a Mac Pro, swapping out a hard drive is relatively easy. Start backing up your data now.

Regards.

heapscreative · heapscreative #4 (**permalink**)

11-11-2008, 03:41 PM

Thanks for your advice guys. I actually think I figured it out, I opened the tower up a few weeks back to clean it out, and must have some how bumped lose one of the memory slots.

I was only operating with 512 RAM, and I think this is why the hard drive was working overtime and all the apps were so slow.

I reinstalled the dimms and everything seems to be working back to what I expect.

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heapscreative #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 11, 2008 Posts: 3	11-11-2008, 09:58 AM My Mac pro hard drive has started making some loud searching noises when I open up a program or even receive an email. It has also been running some programs very slow, especially adobe apps. I did a clean reformat to see if that would help and still the problem continues. Any ideas what this could be or what I could do?
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Chilbear #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 14, 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 574 Mac Specs: 2xiMac24 w Parallels 6 (1x White, 1x Aluminum), iPhone 3GS with iOS5	11-11-2008, 12:18 PM Rule of thumb is if you hear a noise coming from what you believe to be the hard drive - backup and replace the drive ASAP. Better safe than sorry. Drives are cheap and in a production environment, time is worth more than the drive. Do it now and move on while the drive is still working. Another thought - is that the noise may be power supply related but that usually is a high pitched whine, kind of like the noise when your hard drive stops and you have no back up.
	QUOTE Thanks

heapscreative #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 11, 2008 Posts: 3	11-11-2008, 03:41 PM Thanks for your advice guys. I actually think I figured it out, I opened the tower up a few weeks back to clean it out, and must have some how bumped lose one of the memory slots. I was only operating with 512 RAM, and I think this is why the hard drive was working overtime and all the apps were so slow. I reinstalled the dimms and everything seems to be working back to what I expect.
	QUOTE Thanks

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