Troubleshoot A weird sound as if sth accidentally shuts down

[Al-Faqir]

Briefly explain your current issue(s)

After I upgraded my HP Desktop with a SSD, I started to hear a sound of sth that shuts down. Exactly as the sound when you shut down the PC. After this happens, I shut down the PC better not to have anything broken. What I noticed is when I shut down the PC I hear the sound of the DVD like it is reading a dvd.

Steps taken to resolve, but have been unsuccessful

Nothing. I have a little knowledge when it comes to Hardware

The desktop is behaving as it is expected to. I don't know what this sound is and what is causing it. But I am %100 sure that this started to happen after the SSD upgrade and maybe because of the way I attached it to the PC.

 

[redsworn]

Other than this SSD, do you still have mechanical HDD installed? Windows under default power configurations will automatically power down HDD after a period of time. Sometimes you can hear the sound of it being powered down.

 

[Al-Faqir]

Other than this SSD, do you still have mechanical HDD installed? Windows under default power configurations will automatically power down HDD after a period of time. Sometimes you can hear the sound of it being powered down.

Yes! So nothing to worry about? What if I change the power plan? Thank you for your reply!

 

[ForgottenSeer 58943]

HD powerdowns actually can speed decay of mechanical HD's. I recommend turning it off. The constant power down, then spin up adds wear and tear but saves power, personally I don't care to save power myself and always disable 'green' nonsense.

 

[Al-Faqir]

HD powerdowns actually can speed decay of mechanical HD's. I recommend turning it off. The constant power down, then spin up adds wear and tear but saves power, personally I don't care to save power myself and always disable 'green' nonsense.

Thank you for your reply! Could you explain further please? How can I turn off that feature? Does changing the power plan to "High Performance" fix it?

I have found this in settings.

 

[ForgottenSeer 58943]

Thank you for your reply! Could you explain further please? How can I turn off that feature? Does changing the power plan to "High Performance" fix it?

I have found this in settings.View attachment 197143

Hit the down arrow until it says 'never'.

 

[Deleted Member 3a5v73x]

 

[redsworn]

Yes! So nothing to worry about? What if I change the power plan? Thank you for your reply!

@ForgottenSeer 58943 already explained that very well. But, if you rarely or very rarely access the contents of this HDD then it should be okay to let windows power it down.

 

[Al-Faqir]

Hit the down arrow until it says 'never'.

Thank you very much @ForgottenSeer 58943 ! Are there any other settings that need to be configured when running OS on SSD? What about fast boot? Thanks for your help and your time!

Seeking warmth? or seeking revenge? LOL

@ForgottenSeer 58943 already explained that very well. But, if you rarely or very rarely access the contents of this HDD then it should be okay to let windows power it down.

I have only some GBs of files not more than %10 of the drive. Music and documents. Thank you