How do I quiet my hard drive?

[FearoftheNight]

My 120gig WD Se hd whines like hell because it doesn't have the fluid bearing motors. What are my options in terms of making it quiet....ie. acoutisc foam, enclosures...ect? I saw a thread here but it disappeared from my favorites. Thanks.

 

[wuggle]

SPCR

 

[mechBgon]

Those things are bad when they whine. I'd replace it and make a mental note never to buy anything but fluid-bearing in the future.

 

[PCHPlayer]

Turn off the power

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: PCHPlayer
Turn off the power

You should do the same,it would keep you off the forums posting stupid comments.

 

[Zepper]

Isolate the drive from contact with the case and damp any large surfaces with rope caulk (Mortite and ThermoKing are two brands of it. Audiophiles used the stuff to damp vibrations in the platters of their turntables in the old days. Just clean the inside of the panels and press random lengths of the stuff to it
If your case has any large areas of open holes, cover them with something to block the sound.
.bh.

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: PCHPlayer
Turn off the power

You should do the same,it would keep you off the forums posting stupid comments.

hahah, well you could try an HD enclosure but they are expensive and I'm not sure how well it would work. Those WD drives are several times louder then any fluid bearing drive your best bet is a differant drive

 

[tennesota]

I bought Maxtor drives for a number of years; switched over to WD's when they first started running nice rebates. After a year or so with WD drives developing the "whine" I wondered what I should do to quiet them.

I decided to sell off my WD's and no longer buy them.

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: Zepper
Isolate the drive from contact with the case and damp any large surfaces with rope caulk (Mortite and ThermoKing are two brands of it. Audiophiles used the stuff to damp vibrations in the platters of their turntables in the old days. Just clean the inside of the panels and press random lengths of the stuff to it
If your case has any large areas of open holes, cover them with something to block the sound.
.bh.

Thtat won't do anything, its the bearings that are making the noise, not vibrations from platters.

 

[lenjack]

you need to replace the drive, as it may be ready to die.

 

[JeremiahTheGreat]

I agree.. its replacement/RMA time.

 

[Zepper]

Yes, isolating the drive from the case with rubber will reduce the level of the sound a lot and since air carries sound to the ear, keeping as much as possible of the sound-carrying air inside the case will also limit the noise. The noise will still be generated, you just won't hear it as much.
.bh.

:sun:

 

[GnomeCop]

try this

I have a couple of the non C versions that I'm willing to sell pretty cheap