Harddrive noise?

[Gbaby1008]

I have a 80 gig sata seagate hd and i was wondering there was any way to quiet it down with out any majer changes?

 

[smoothness]

decouple the HD - you could suspend it via elastics, and all the vibrations would be absorbed.

 

[Zucarita9000]

My case came with rubber grommets in the drive cage. I'm not sure if that is what makes the so quiet, or just because they have FDB.

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: Gbaby1008
I have a 80 gig sata seagate hd and i was wondering there was any way to quiet it down with out any majer changes?

What noise, Seagates are very quiet drives.

 

[SkyBum]

Agreed, seagates are about as quiet as they get. I'll lay odds that what you are hearing is a vibration in your HD cage. I had a problem like this recently and realized that my removable HD cage was not seated properly.

At any rate just be glad you dont have a Raptor. Now THATS a noisy drive!

 

[Propellorhead]

I had a noise/vibration problem with my Deskstar in my Shuttle. I put little rubber O-rings on the screws as washers,and mouted the hard drive. Noise is all but gone. (dont tighten too much though) Hope this works for you.

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: SkyBum
Agreed, seagates are about as quiet as they get. I'll lay odds that what you are hearing is a vibration in your HD cage. I had a problem like this recently and realized that my removable HD cage was not seated properly.

At any rate just be glad you dont have a Raptor. Now THATS a noisy drive!

Raptor 74 isnt too bad, but it ain no seagate thats for sure. Lets talk about the WD 120GB SE drives. Now those were real noisy.


OP: All you can do is isolate the drive from the case in hopes to deaden the vibration.

 

[Cerb]

Elastic suspension is where it's at.

 

[L00PY]

Post-AAM litigation, SATA Seagates are shipped in "performance" mode and PATA Seagates are shipped in "quiet" mode. Decoupling will help with general vibrations but won't make the seeks any quieter.

 

[AlpooplA]

I bought a WD120 8MB SE about 1.5yr ago. That thing was so loud and whiney that I couldn't stand it anymore and replaced it w/ a Maxtor 160Gb which claimed to have quiet technology on the box. More recent WD 120 HD's don't seem to have that problem, such as the HP Athlon 3000XP system I bought for the lil laday for $369 during Labor Day (first time I actually bought a prebuilt system).