what is that vibration hum noise?

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n604
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what is that vibration hum noise?

Post by n604 » Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:19 am

My computer is very quiet. It's got all the quiet components. I can hardly hear it.

But there's a strange noise, and I don't know where it's coming from.
The noise is a hum or vibration kinda noise and its periodic. It happens every 1 or 2 seconds. It is constant and the volume gradually raises and fades, as if u were to turn a volume knob very slowly up and down.

I noticed this on other computers too. On some it happens every 10 seconds. The whole case just starts vibrating for a few seconds, then it goes away.

I tried puting the case on top of soft material so the floor doesn't absorbe the vibration. But I can still hear it.

Is this coming from the power supply? It cannot be the hard drives, because I have 5 and they are all very quiet.

Any tips?

Thanks

Matija
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Post by Matija » Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:21 am

It's the hard drives.

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Post by Devonavar » Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:33 am

Congratulations, you've got beats ... or multiple hard drives whose rotation speeds are moving in and out of phase with each other. The solution is to soft-mount the drives so that the vibrations are no longer transmitted to the structure of the case, and therefore no longer resonate. There are plenty of examples of drive soft-mounting in these forums ... just do a search.

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Post by Lawrence Lee » Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:45 am


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Post by n604 » Sun Nov 23, 2008 3:08 am

thanks.

you're right..

in my other case all these hard drives were hanging on ropes, and this vibration didnt happen.

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Post by Strid » Sun Nov 23, 2008 4:23 am

Wow, 5 hard drives? You need to rig up some serious soft-mounting, but good luck from me. :)

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