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by vector3
Sat Feb 21, 2004 8:18 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: HDD vibration & noise reducing methods - ranked
Replies: 196
Views: 1093319

Well, the best way to learn is to try, so I tryed. I´ve used a piece of foam received in a postal box this christmas. The HD lies directly over the foam. The seek noise has been reduced to 60 - 70%......Great!. Now, I´m a little worryed about the heat because I don´t have a termometer to monitor the...
by vector3
Fri Feb 20, 2004 12:23 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: HDD vibration & noise reducing methods - ranked
Replies: 196
Views: 1093319

I agree with you about the unapropiate place to start a thread or talking basics.
So...thanks for the answers and see you in other topic.
by vector3
Fri Feb 20, 2004 11:25 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: HDD vibration & noise reducing methods - ranked
Replies: 196
Views: 1093319

I´m going to study these systems. Seems cheap and usefull...great. I thought the main function of these systems was to attack the iddle noise, caused by the whole HD container vibrations. Hanging it avoids the vibration of the box and stops the iddle noise. But the seek noise comes directly from the...
by vector3
Fri Feb 20, 2004 5:16 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: HDD vibration & noise reducing methods - ranked
Replies: 196
Views: 1093319

Do these systems work to reduce seeking noise?
My Seagate 7200.7 SATA 150 120 Gb is crunching like a beast. :?
by vector3
Fri Feb 20, 2004 5:09 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Seagate 7200.7 - SATA 150 - 120Gb -
Replies: 0
Views: 1441

Seagate 7200.7 - SATA 150 - 120Gb -

Hi, I have a 7200.7 - 120Gb- SATA 150 and I´m having (or think I´m having) problems with it. It is VERY noisy when reading data, accesing files etc. Sounds like if someone were eating pop corn in my ear! But when it´s no reading (for example now, writing this message) it´s very quiet, I can´t hear i...