What the....
Well, I think the clicking was actually coming from a hard drive, which I removed. The clicking stopped after the HD, a Western Digital 100GB, was removed. Now, I have another problem that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The old hard drive was just used to hold a few files and no programs that actually ran. For some reason, after removing that hard drive, the drivers for my x800GTO had disappeared. I had to reinstall them, and I was told that they did not pass the Windows XP compatibility test during install. I don't remember the latest catalyst drivers doing this. Well, now every time I restart, two things happen. It tells me it found new hardware, which is my monitor, a Compaq P1220 22" CRT. The crazier thing can be seen below.
So...what's using my memory...
Umm...
Ok, now even wackier things are happening, windows update won't install anything because nothing is passing the windows XP compatibility test. What the heck is going on?!? I'm considering reinstalling windows...or strapping TNT to my computer. After a while, the page file empties and I can use the computer again.
By the way, here's what SMART says about the hard drive that is still in there.
SMART Information Disk WDC WD2500JB-00GVA0 :
Health : 99% (estimated)
Performance : 100% (estimated)
Raw Read Error Rate (01) : 00000 (Threshold : 051 - Worst : 197 - Max : 200)
Spin Up Time (03) : 0137F (Threshold : 021 - Worst : 123 - Max : 151)
Start/Stop Count (04) : 00160 (Threshold : 040 - Worst : 100 - Max : 100)
Reallocated Sector Count (05) : 00000 (Threshold : 140 - Worst : 200 - Max : 200)
Seek Error Rate (07) : 00000 (Threshold : 051 - Worst : 200 - Max : 200)
Power On Hours Count (09) : 00F4A (Threshold : 000 - Worst : 095 - Max : 095)
Spin Retry Count (0A) : 00000 (Threshold : 051 - Worst : 100 - Max : 100)
Calibration Retry Count (0B) : 00000 (Threshold : 051 - Worst : 100 - Max : 100)
Power Cycle Count (0C) : 0015A (Threshold : 000 - Worst : 100 - Max : 100)
Temperature (C2) : 00027 (Threshold : 000 - Worst : 103 - Max : 111)
Reallocation Event Count (C4) : 00000 (Threshold : 000 - Worst : 200 - Max : 200)
Current Pending Sector Count (C5) : 00001 (Threshold : 000 - Worst : 200 - Max : 200)
Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Cou... 00000 (Threshold : 000 - Worst : 200 - Max : 200)
Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate (C7) : 00000 (Threshold : 000 - Worst : 253 - Max : 200)
Write Error Rate (C8) : 00000 (Threshold : 051 - Worst : 200 - Max : 200)
Well, I have a pending sector…I wonder if that could be causing my problems. Something is wrong with the graphics card….considering the fact that it keeps finding my monitor every time I start windows. Well, my computer has gone insane…any ideas?