nOIsy haRdDRIvE!!!

[GRagland]

I just got a maxtor 80GB 8mb cache hard drive. I noticed its fairly noisy when active, much more so then my 40gb ibm deckstar. Is that normal, its seems pretty noisy!?

 

[DeRusto]

i dont have an 8mb maxtor drive, but my 2mb maxtor 40gig is noticeably louder than either of my 60gxp drives, i think it is normal

 

[ScrapSilicon]

clicking..or a grunting kinda sound..? click=bad...grunting/rocks rolling ..well..they told me its normal..there is a utility for acoustic management..on Maxtor's site..AMSET <edit> notice I did not directly link the file like I normally would...this utility is a ymmv..notice it also does not say anything about P or 9 series..

 

[GRagland]

Originally posted by: ScrapSilicon
clicking..or a grunting kinda sound..? click=bad...grunting/rocks rolling ..well..they told me its normal..there is a utility for acoustic management..on Maxtor's site..AMSET

its a grunting sound, not a deep sound, not high pitched. its not clicking, sounds like grunting sorta.

 

[isaacmacdonald]

yeah that's the "maxtor sound". They're dead silent @ idle, but when they write or read a substantial amount, they tend to make short grunts for an extended period of time. Also, they occasionally catch on fire like mine.

 

[Ketchup]

I bought a new Maxtor DiamondMAX Plus 9 and it is the noisiest hard drive I have had in quite a while. At idle, it is silent, but I couldn't believe how loud the seeks are. However, this was solved by using Intel Application Accelerator and setting it to Minimum Acoustic Output. Performance suffers a little, but it is barely noticeable.