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HDD engaging when System is off

Started by Lady_Giorgio , Oct 23 2016 04:26 PM

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#1 Lady_Giorgio

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Posted 23 October 2016 - 04:26 PM

Greetings,

I have a HP Compaq 8000 elite small form factor.

HP 3646h Mobo

250GB HDD

3.0 ghz Intel Dual core Processor

I'll power it down and yet, I still hear the HDD engaging periodically. The sound is like the initial start up sound for a HDD.

It clicks, then it's quiet... 5 - 10 mins later.. it clicks and then silence... and it just keeps repeating.

I've checked the bios to make sure it's not trying to restart from one of the other pereferials like a USB port or DVD drive.

Can anyone help?

It's got me stumped...

:scratchhead:

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#2 SleepyDude

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Posted 23 October 2016 - 05:36 PM

Hi :welcome: to BleepingComputer

I think is important to post also the Operating System installed on the machine.

When you hear the HDD is the PSU fan on the back also spinning?

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#3 mjd420nova

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Posted 23 October 2016 - 09:18 PM

Is it powered down or "asleep/hibernate" ? Bios may have a drive setting in those modes to keep the heads poised for a return to active. Some drive mfgrs have special settings for them too.

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