Here's a 7200.8 data sheet right from Seagate's website. Lists capacities of 250, 300 & 400 Gbyte on a 3-platter platform: http://www.seagate.com/content/docs/pdf ... 7200-8.pdf

I just bought this case in black from coolcases. Essentially it's the same as the Accousticase, without damping. Hard drive cage is removable without tools (to make room for the Aphonos HDD suspension mod), mounts drives conventionally w/ cable in back and is fitted with grommets for noise/vibration...

Interesting, unfortunately article says it works for Prescott processors, only.

FYI, I installed the latest Silicon Image driver on my system at work, which has the Adaptec SATA Connect card. Install went fine, everything works as before, but ... no improvement in the consistency of the 'disable' action in windows XP. I still find that, 50% of the time, when I 'disable' the dr...

I've posted on several occasions my success with fdb Maxtor DM+9 drives. My experience is with (2) 120G and (1) 80G DM+9 all PATA drives. Seeks on all drives are set to quiet mode via the Maxtor amset utility. I also had a PATA 160G 7200.7 in my possession, briefly. Acoustic management was not adjus...

On my Sonata, I tried all sorts of different things to reduce HD temps, including duct taping all openings except the 3 oval openings above and below my (2) HDDs. I also tried different HDD locations as well as blocking the ANTEC holes. IIRC none of the measures had a significant impact on drive tem...

Sorry to hear of your PSU's departure! Just one question as I'm running a similar 300W 80mm fanned Fortron w/ L1A swap. Did you run the Panaflo from the stock fan contoller or fixed voltage. Any mods to fan controller ckt such as thermistor relocation?

Not sure what kind of SATA controller you're using, but I can tell you for sure that it doesn't work on the ASUS 865PE/ICH5 implementation of my p4p800 dlx motherboard. I had to buy an add-on pci Silicon Image 3112 SATA controller. My understanding is that SATA hot swap is not implemented on ANY ICH...

Thanks for the tips on 'uninstalling' in device manager. I will try that. Alternately, you can use device manager to "disable" the drive prior to power down/removal, and "enable" after insertion and power-up. The link in my prior post gives info as to how to create a desktop shortcut directly to De...

I think the lack of responses indicate that you should consider using the search tool. That said, here's my take. Your WD drive has a ball bearing motor. Ball bearing motors whine! The 7200.7 as well as most all new drives have fluid bearing motors that idle much quieter. Most new drives, with Seaga...

I'm not sure if putting a fan there is gonna do much good.. Its just gonna circulate the hot air thats already nside. I agree. It doesn't do diddly in the Sonata, I can't see how it would help on a BQE. Actually, a 120mm low-speed/undervolted front fan in a Sonata does significantly lower drive tem...

I posted on this some time ago here Kinda supports what Starsky is saying. I'd also like to know if these hot-swap bays allow for safe drive removal without disabling in device manager. But, with a desktop shortcut directly to device manager, I find it pretty painless to disable the drive prior to s...

My only fleeting Seagate experience was with a single PATA 160G 7200.7. Idle was very quiet, comparable or perhaps a bit quieter than my 120G (gasp) Maxtor DiamondMax +9 drives. Seeks were another matter. The PATA 160G 7200.7 seemed to be locked in performance mode and was substantialy louder than t...

I have an IDE drive in a SATA external enclosure, and have been quite impressed by it. First there's no performance loss as opposed to USB2, secondly the BIOS picks up the drive as just an IDE drive so DOS programs like Norton Ghost and Hitachi Drive test work fine. As far as hotswapping goes, it's...

The FSP400-60PN is a 120mm fanned PSU. I think you want the FSP400-60PFN, a 400w 80mm active PFC PSU. If you can get this at a good price, I think it will be a good base for a very quiet 80mm fanned PSU. I modded the 300w version with a panaflo L1A. Stock fan in mine was a loud, high speed ball bear...

hello! have you tried just ducting--as air-tight as possible--the 120mm to the heatsink and forego the 80mm? that is, use the 120mm to suck all of it's incoming air through the heatsink to cool it passively? dell does this ALOT even with really hot cpus. one way i was thinking would be using flexib...

At this risk of sounding like a complete moron, what advantage does PWM provide over current linear methods of fan control? The best I can think of right now is finer control. But just how much fine control does one need? I did a very quick skim of the document. Some key points that I picked up: Th...

There will most likely be people who will disagree with this but... The most important aspect of a backup is that it is correctly backing up your data. You should therefore periodically test your backup. If you Ghost your C partition, try formatting it and restoring your image. I most definitely do...

Maxamus, at one time posted pics of his BQE w/ (3) HDD's suspended w/ stretch magic. With a little ingenuity, you should be able to adapt this to your Sonata in the prone position. Linkage But, if your WD drives are ball bearing models, don't expect suspension to be a panacea! My old ball bearing WD...

As burcakb points out, silence is relative and silence modding can be a vicious cycle. In my Sonota quieting quest, I tackled the TP380S right off, by swapping to a Panaflo M1BX. Once warmed up, the modded PSU's fan spun ~1200 RPM under light load and 1300+ under load. I was quite happy as I couldn'...

Yeah, I did read about DVD rot too, but hey multiple backups in two geographic locations, that's pretty paranoid eh? Hopefully at lease one of three copies will be ok at all times! Remember that the HDD is not infalible either, one accidental drop and it may become a paperweight...

Paranoia is a good thing when it comes to hard drives. At work, our server RAID drives died at nearly the same time. All of them. There was no time for any recovery. We trust our data to tape backup - but need an alternative soon because our 40GB (after compression) tapes are small. At home, I've s...

Then what about 48V DC? The addition of a DC supply is the more-significant part of my idea, since it seems to me that a "simple" 48V-12V step-down would be much more efficient heat-, noise-, and space-wise than the typical AC-DC converters. Would voltage drop/current leakage still be a problem at ...

hi bomba, well this is silent pc computing right? originally i had it fanless and it seemed to work ok though heatsink was blisteringly hot to touch and the powersupply had a plastic smell to it. SO i added one fan, but i set it to the point it is (almost) INAUDIBLE by using speed fan. doesn't matt...

As mentioned by calm63, you can order a pre-modded Seasonic from Mike C.; look for his stick post in the deals forum. For a DIY, budget solution, I had success modding the FSP300-60PFN, an 80mm fanned active PFC Fortron-Sparkle PSU. Looks like the 300w version is still available for $17 from D&B ent...

I've done it (TP380S M1BX mod, wired to stock PSU fan controller) and it's not inaudible @ 1m; if fan is spinning 1200RPM or more. No cold air duct on my setup, tho. Perhaps the combination of a lower powered system, cool air duct and M1A or M1BX will get you there. Others have swapped in L1A's, but...

No safety issues that I can think of, up to 50Vdc is safe to touch. Regarding line losses, Fancontrol is right on. I've worked with monorail type lighting w/ remote 12v transformers and was amazed at the huge wire guage required to limit voltage drop, check out the guidance given in this document, s...

thanks Rusty, you are 100% correct. when i exit the program, it resets to 100% on exit. i saw the box you mentioned exactly where you said it would be, and it was checked "100% at exit" i unchecked it and it did not work, BUT in addition to what you said, i checked "automatic fan speed" and set min...

like i said, i have the 200 GB version fo the 7200.7, which uses higher density disks, and thus the seek noise is considerably less. I posted somewhere in here a comparison, just search for posts by me... :P Ok, point taken, actually your comparison was posted earlier in this thread. Ignore my prev...