anyway, i just realised that the STUPID SHIT motherboard has idiotic capacitors right next to the CPU socket!!!!! whats worse, is that the socket is at the very top of the motherboard. IDIOTS, what where they thinking. who makes an OVERCLOCKER mobo with such idiotic cap placement???? not bad, ill s...

a Panaflo 80mm 24V M1A @ 12v is quieter than a 12v L1A

I didn't believe the seagate cuda iv/v could be as quiet as people describe them.. but when I got mine, I was pleasantly surprised..

I can only hear the drive idling if I bring my ears right next to the drive, with the case closed, I cannot hear it at all..

I thought the seagate raid0 problem only applied to the baracuda IV... and even then, there was an updated firmware which was supposed to fix the problem..

how to install the 7000a: http://www.zalman.co.kr/images/swimages ... S7000A.htm

the 7000A uses the 4 mounting holes on most socket a boards

definately forget about those WD drives.. get a pair of seagates, or those new samsungs which people keep raving about..

I got rid of my WD after 6 months of suffering and replaced it with a seagate.. I wish I had saved myself the hassle and got the seagate in the first place..

it really depends on your motherboard

my motherboard can turn on/off my panaflos, (my motherboard cannot smoothly control any fans)

If the percentage is higher than 19% the fans go at full speed, lower than 19% and they turn off

it's relatively simple to do if you are good with electronics.. The hard part is finding a donor HD which is identical to your drive, it has to be exactly the same model, otherwise the configuration (heads, platters, firmware, etc) might be different.. A data recovery house could probably do this fo...

I tried mine again and it does something similar to what you describe.. It keeps revving up and makes a much louder than usual whine (the revving up didnt stop after 5 seconds so I turned it off) There was no head calibration (seek) noise, so I'm pretty sure the electronics are toast.. sounds like t...

In my case no..

In your case, I'm not sure, what were you doing when it stopped working?

Henrik, Yeah, that was the same question that led me to ignore the previous person's advice.. After I realized that my hd was plugged into the reversed power plug, I realized that the 5v line was getting 12v, as well as the 5v on the 12v line.. :( Genghis_khan, The electronics of the WD are undoubta...

I finally got a cuda V 120GB 8MB cache to replace my LOUD WD 120gb drive.. Well, the difference is MUCH better than I had expected it to be.. I really can't hear the drive when it's idle.. The seeks in the default mode (performance seek?) are louder than my WD drive, but I hated always having to loo...

you didn't mention what brand or model these PSU were..

If they were of questionable quality, then I would not be surprised, and I would blame the PSUs

Also, you may have poor quality power coming from the electric company, you might want to invest in a UPS which can do line conditioning or AVR

those other sites are not silent fanatics like everyone here is.. :) This is the only site I trust when it comes to noise judgements for hardware.. On all the other hardware sites, people think 10k rpm drives are silent.. :) to answer your question, the IV is regarded to be the quietest, but I think...

here are some related threads.. the 2nd one has a pic of how to wrap the power supply wires, you just take the power connector for the hd, and thread it in/out of the ferrite ring.. very easy to do http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=6272&highlight=ferrite+seagate http://forums.silentpc...

IMO it seems to be a problem between some seagates and some psu's...

Due to manufacturing variances, maybe the combination of the two can cause problems sometimes?

yeah, price doesn't always imply quality...I tend to assume something is crap, before thinking it's good.. :) This seems too good to be true.. A Fortron 400W costs $67, and Fortron is one of (if not the) cheapest QUALITY power supply you can get.. This is 450w and less than 1/3rd of the price.. Just...

and btw, you CAN go wrong with crappy power supplies..
when it blows and takes some of your expensive components with it..

cheap power supplies are never good

it's the other way around, the hd is making the psu buzz..

get a ferrite core and wrap the power wires to the hd around it and it should make the noise go away, a search should bring up some posts of others who did something similar

also, I think most Asus boards tend to overvolt by default for stability and you can't lower it without modifying the cpu..

I think the psu cover is needed for EMI shielding..

personally this is what i would prefer, lower cost by: *no lcd *monitoring/setup by rs-232 *3-4 fan channels, 0.3A is more than enough *4 temp monitors are probably more than enough *general purpose inputs/output - not really needed, maybe just one for a buzzer, or to force a shutdown by plugging in...

looks good.. I'm going to try this soon

if you have some other case exhaust fans, then the silencer would probably be better, otherwise the super tornado can be used when you don't want , or don't have space for case fans

I remember some people hearing similar noises from the ibm deskstar 180gxp's.. I believe there was a SMART option to turn off the calibration..

use the hitachi feature tool and see if you can find an option for it

Rusty, I'm still using the Elan Vital case I bought when I upgraded to a P166 MMX .. I didn't think anyone else on this site would be using an old case like me..

the whole side of the hd is metal, and the heatsinks are metal..

the 4 screws would NOT be the only metal to metal contact between the hd and heatsinks

Henrik wrote:I can't see why connecting a wire (HDD - case) should cause any vibration resulting in noise, try it, I bet you won't hear a thing!

unless you're superman..