Solve : Computer clicking noise?

1.	Solve : Computer clicking noise?
Answer» recently bought a used motherboard which appeared to be in perfect order, after installing in the computer case everything was perfect for the first 3 days then the fourth day when I turned it on there were strange things happening so I decided to wipe the hard DRIVE and reinstall everything thats when the real problems began. there was an intermittant clicking noise COMING from either the hard drive or the CD burner, could not be certain which so I changed the hard drive then the cd drive but still the same noise. I was unable to install XP Pro. it would get so far then start over again and installation was very slow. here are the details of the system: Gigabyte mobo 8LD533E, P4 2.8 cpu, 500mb ddr ram, 40gb HDD, LG cd/dvd burner, no floppy(disabled in bios), internal card reader.Windows XP sp2. any help would be appreciated.Sounds LIKE a failing HDD to me... DLoad and run the diagnostics from the hard drive manuf. site...

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