Anyone able to hear hard drive whine?

[Mapidus]

I'm in my 20's now, so I thought that I would not be susceptible to this, but my WD 7200 RPM drive is driving me crazy. It has this high pitch whine that I assume is caused by the platter rotation. I tried putting the computer on the ground and it is still driving me nuts. I have an older Maxtor 7200 RPM and it definitely does not have this high pitch whine. Anyone else have whining hard drives? What can I do to insulate the high pitch sound?

 

[ppaik]

smack your cpu on the side.....or tighten the bolts a lil more.....it worked for me

 

[notfred]

I've always been able to hear it. It's not too bad over the fans though.

Now blower whine, that's a different story...

 

[SSP]

Hmm... I can hardly hear my 7200RPM Quantum drive.

 

[RichieZ]

i can most definelty hear my 10K SCSI HD, but I can't even tell when my WD 600BB is reading and writing.

 

[samarth]

<< Hmm... I can hardly hear my 7200RPM Quantum drive. >>


Same here.

 

[Sluggo]

You need a wife, your hard drive noise will be drowned out quite quickly.

 

[Geekbabe]

IMHO,WD drives are too loud.. lol, ditch it and get an 60GXP Deskstar.I don't ever hear my drive,not even while defragging

 

[yakko]

<< IMHO,WD drives are too loud.. lol, ditch it and get an 60GXP Deskstar.I don't ever hear my drive,not even while defragging >>

I have two IBM drives and I can hear them.

 

[toph99]

i have a maxtor 7200rpm, but over my 7000rpm delta and 4 80mm fans i can't hear a damn thing

 

[Mean MrMustard]

What about a clicking sound?

 

[Gusfo0]

I have two Western Digitals. A 40GB 7200rpm and a 20GB 5400rpm. They are very quiet. Even with no fans on, they are near silent.

Get some fans in your case and then worry about the fan sound.

 

[Elledan]

I can't hear the 7200 rpm Samsung HD in my Linux box. You're just 'lucky' to have a 'whining' HD

 

[Mapidus]

<< IMHO,WD drives are too loud.. lol, ditch it and get an 60GXP Deskstar.I don't ever hear my drive,not even while defragging >>



Yeah, I'm almost about to ditch the drive because it is really annoying. It is a WD400BB. The whine is always present, so it is from the spinning platters. The seeking sounds from reading and writing are actually much quiter than my Maxtor 7200. I have to position my head at a certain angle while using the computer because for some reason at one special angle the sound is not perceivable. Is there any sort of foam insulation that the drive can be encased in?

 

[DanJ]

I have 2 WD400BB's and I can't hear them at all, even during heavy reads and writes, I'm talking NON-EXISTANT. Maybe yours is dying?

 

[Mapidus]

<< I have two Western Digitals. A 40GB 7200rpm and a 20GB 5400rpm. They are very quiet. Even with no fans on, they are near silent.

Get some fans in your case and then worry about the fan sound. >>



We must have the same WD 40GB 7200. I have the WD400BB. It is quite in terms of seeking for reading and writing, but the annoying part is this constant high pitch whine from the spinning platters. Maybe I got a bad drive where the bearings were not oiled correctly.

 

[Mapidus]

<< I have 2 WD400BB's and I can't hear them at all, even during heavy reads and writes, I'm talking NON-EXISTANT. Maybe yours is dying? >>



The drives whining is a constant sound from the disk spinning. Reading and writing sounds are acceptable to me. I don't really know how to describe it, but it is kind of like the whining sound you hear from the detectors at the doors of stores that dectect stolen merchandise.

ppaik: I'm not going to smack my case or the CPU, but I did tighten the bolts and still no help. Actually overtightened, and broke the head off of one screw and it is stuck in the drive now.

 

[gopunk]

<< i have a maxtor 7200rpm, but over my 7000rpm delta and 4 80mm fans i can't hear a damn thing >>



ditto, except i have a 60gxp.