# Annoying sound.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-sound/229280>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 15, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-sound/229280 "2004-02-15T01:46:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-sound/229280/1 "2004-02-15T01:46:38Z")

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v … 1 … 2 … v … 1 … 2 … v … 1 … 2 … v  
That’s what it’s been like in my office for the last 4 days (a mechanical sound, on the edge of hearing, best described as ‘v’, every 3 seconds). Today I decided to find out where it’s coming from.

After a period of holding my ear next to things (looking stupid no doubt on the cctv) It’s coming from inside one of the computers. I think it’s a regular hard-disk read or something. Can’t be stopped. Damn.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-sound/229280/2 "2004-02-15T06:51:40Z")

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> [@Lobsang](#):
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> Can’t be stopped. Damn.

You just don’t have a big enough hammer, obviously.

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**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-sound/229280/3 "2004-02-15T07:20:23Z")

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Perhaps a reboot?

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**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-sound/229280/4 "2004-02-16T02:48:48Z")

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Can’t be stopped? Smack it harder! 🙂

If you’re using XP, it could be that file indexing system they use. I know you can turn _that_ off somehow.

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**Author:** ![grisham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@grisham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grisham)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-sound/229280/5 "2004-02-16T03:49:42Z")

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My computer did that for awhile. Then I used some ingenuity. Called the company the had no idea what caused it. So I thought maybe its a vibration. So I stuffed a sock under it to absorb it. Worked like a charm I am noise free.

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-sound/229280/6 "2004-02-16T09:06:06Z")

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It could just be a fan, causing some resonant vibration. Mine does that occassionally - but that’s because it’s the wrong size fan and is so only fitted on one side lol.