My hard drive is constantly "pulsing". It causes my computer to pause once every 2 seconds. It is completely driving me crazy. Does ANYone know what it might be? I have absolutely nothing running in the background. Heres my specs: Athlon 1800 XPMSI Turbo2 Mobo396 PC133 RAMGeoforce2 MX200 32MBOnBoard sound cardWinXP ProfessionalPlease help if you can!

Todd,Have a look at this thread, a little further down in the forum:http://ftp.avsim.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboa...ewmode=threadedYour drive may simply be running very hot.Have tried running with all the sliders to the LEFT to ensure that it is actually a hard drive issue?Doug

I would be sure that you have the proper IDE drivers loaded. The mother board manufacturer should provide them.

Also check your processes tab in task manager to be sure that you don't have something running that isn't suppose to be. I've seen programs like Mcafee taking 100 cpu resources when it should be taking way less. Like 2 to 8%