Hello,
I own to HP Pavilions, (Yes, I'm an OEM tool go figure). Ever since day 1 both have created LOUD noises. I thought it was the 80mm Case and CPU fan. (Checked it out, its an Delta ASB0812HH fan that MAKES HUGE Noise). I swapped that piece of garbage and put in a nice brand new Panaflo fan in the duct. I first tried out the system with no HDD,CDROM receiving POWER! WOAH TOTAL SILENCE. My pants were jumping for joy. I decided to reconnect everything and put the system back together. Lo and Behold NOISE began, I thought "What can cause this?"
I soon figured out it's the Hard Drive (1 HP has 30gb, the other HP has 20gb, I replaced the fans of both computers)
The Hard Drives are Quantum Fireball @5400 rpm. (30 and 20 gb models)
I really dont care about what's inside these drives mostly "personal" stuff and games which can be backed up easily (important stuff is in my laptop anyhow)
But the Noise level is HORRIFIC!! I tested the HDD by taking out the IDE cable and turning on the system, it makes LOADS of Noise IDLE and while it seeks, it Clicks likes its dying but too bad it doesnt. I have 1 Western Digital 200BA (20Gb) @7200 rpm that is VERY SILENT even when writing and reading, but I need more capacity so I can just swap in EXTEREMELY quiet Hard Drives!
You guys know of any models which are QUIET and pretty Ok fast by Maxtor, Seagate, Western Digital, Fujitsu??? I would really prefer 7200 RPM and over 40 GB. Thanks for reading my rant, and thanks in advance for your comments.
I own to HP Pavilions, (Yes, I'm an OEM tool go figure). Ever since day 1 both have created LOUD noises. I thought it was the 80mm Case and CPU fan. (Checked it out, its an Delta ASB0812HH fan that MAKES HUGE Noise). I swapped that piece of garbage and put in a nice brand new Panaflo fan in the duct. I first tried out the system with no HDD,CDROM receiving POWER! WOAH TOTAL SILENCE. My pants were jumping for joy. I decided to reconnect everything and put the system back together. Lo and Behold NOISE began, I thought "What can cause this?"
I soon figured out it's the Hard Drive (1 HP has 30gb, the other HP has 20gb, I replaced the fans of both computers)
The Hard Drives are Quantum Fireball @5400 rpm. (30 and 20 gb models)
I really dont care about what's inside these drives mostly "personal" stuff and games which can be backed up easily (important stuff is in my laptop anyhow)
But the Noise level is HORRIFIC!! I tested the HDD by taking out the IDE cable and turning on the system, it makes LOADS of Noise IDLE and while it seeks, it Clicks likes its dying but too bad it doesnt. I have 1 Western Digital 200BA (20Gb) @7200 rpm that is VERY SILENT even when writing and reading, but I need more capacity so I can just swap in EXTEREMELY quiet Hard Drives!
You guys know of any models which are QUIET and pretty Ok fast by Maxtor, Seagate, Western Digital, Fujitsu??? I would really prefer 7200 RPM and over 40 GB. Thanks for reading my rant, and thanks in advance for your comments.
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