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At this point I can't remember what my computer sounded like when I ran Windows, but regardless there is a constant hard drive noise that is bothering me- I'm running Ubuntu 14.04. It is a whirring sound, so I would like to think it's the fan, but running sensors, even when it reports 0rpm for the fan, I hear this noise. While it isn't incredibly loud, it is noticeable, especially when the computer isn't making any other noise, e.g. music. How could I check to see if it is indeed the hard drive making the noise, and how could I fix the problem?

Ouput of sensors follows:

acpitz-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +51.0°C (crit = +200.0°C)

thinkpad-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter fan1: 0 RPM

coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Physical id 0: +51.0°C (high = +84.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) Core 0: +49.0°C (high = +84.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) Core 1: +51.0°C (high = +84.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

nouveau-pci-0200 Adapter: PCI adapter temp1: N/A (high = +95.0°C, hyst = +3.0°C) (crit = +105.0°C, hyst = +5.0°C) (emerg = +135.0°C, hyst = +5.0°C)

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My first assumption is that the sound you are hearing isn't the hard drive at all, but a cooling fan. However, I'll entertain the notion it is your hard drive, and help you to determine if it is actually failing or has something to do with your Ubuntu installation.

Please open your Disk Utility and, provided SMART is supported, use that to determine if your hard drive is healthy.

Next open your System Settings, and then open the icon there marked, "Details" to determine how much RAM your system has. The reason I request you do that is that the most common cause of noisy hard drives, apart of course from impending failure, is inadequate RAM. If your hard drive has less than 2gb of RAM, I recommend upgrading it to a minimum of 2gb if you can afford to do so.

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