Question: My pc’s experiencing random screen tearing/lagging when watching youtube, and BSOD crashes (iqrl not less or equal, etc…)
I was wondering if a secondary drive can cause that issue, because I’m hearing a kind of screeching sound sometimes,, which I suspect is the HDD
My HDD is wdc wd10ezex-00wn4a0
Answer:Power off. Unplug the drive. Power on. See if the problem remains.
Nobody can tell you from where we are sitting whether the drive is the issue or not, even if it seems pretty likely given the noise you’re hearing. Is that the only spinning drive you have installed or are there others?
Let’s don’t “suspect” that that drive is making the noise, lets verify and make damn sure we know whether it is or not by unplugging it to see if you still hear it and whether the problem keeps happening or stops once it’s disconnected.