I can bear with the clunky seeking noise.. I have grown to live with it since 7200.8s... but 7200.8 if i remember correctly didn't have this rather sharp constant noise cycles that happens every 2~5 seconds... It's not a high frequency per se but high enough to catch my attention every cycle or loud enough..
It's not as annoying as high frequency PSUs but would be right below that..
Is there any way to fix this? Should i return this if possible?
Btw this will be my last seagate drive (at least for main silence rig)...
I can take clunky seeks now.. but sharper idle noise is something I can't take.. and it is most annoying thing in my rig atm noise wise..
7200.10 160GB Loud, abit sharp idle noise...
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Seagate's stupid auto-verifying-idling-seeking function, says that they would check your drive status when idling. You can google Seagate for further information.
You could take a look at it, viewtopic.php?t=43886&highlight=seagate
it has been discussed before. Return it and get Hitachi or WD or Samsung instead, Seagate is the noisiest HDD right now.
You could take a look at it, viewtopic.php?t=43886&highlight=seagate
it has been discussed before. Return it and get Hitachi or WD or Samsung instead, Seagate is the noisiest HDD right now.
I can't return it as the return time expired but I was thinking of exchanging it for another one..loimlo wrote:Seagate's stupid auto-verifying-idling-seeking function, says that they would check your drive status when idling. You can google Seagate for further information.
You could take a look at it, viewtopic.php?t=43886&highlight=seagate
it has been discussed before. Return it and get Hitachi or WD or Samsung instead, Seagate is the noisiest HDD right now.
so you are saying all 7200.10s have this sharp idle noise cycles?
btw, i have no problem with the clunky metal seeking noise as I mentioned on the OP. It's this weird loud sharp idle noise cycles that I can't live with atm. And i just RECHECKD my 7200.8. It may make louder hum but no such sharp idle noise cycles..
Is this a new thing with 7200.10s?
I was curious if mine is special.. Sorta hoping it is so i can exchange one and hope to get a normal one without such noises.
I believe so. It is obviously much worse with some cases than others; some cases amplify the sound.nukie wrote:I can't return it as the return time expired but I was thinking of exchanging it for another one..loimlo wrote:Seagate's stupid auto-verifying-idling-seeking function, says that they would check your drive status when idling. You can google Seagate for further information.
You could take a look at it, viewtopic.php?t=43886&highlight=seagate
it has been discussed before. Return it and get Hitachi or WD or Samsung instead, Seagate is the noisiest HDD right now.
so you are saying all 7200.10s have this sharp idle noise cycles?
On another forum, someone suggested that the 7200.10 is the first Seagate drive in several years to support AAM. You might try enabling AAM with the Hitachi Feature Tool. I have not tried that yet.
AAM lowers the sharp idle noise?KenAF wrote:I believe so. It is obviously much worse with some cases than others; some cases amplify the sound.nukie wrote:I can't return it as the return time expired but I was thinking of exchanging it for another one..loimlo wrote:Seagate's stupid auto-verifying-idling-seeking function, says that they would check your drive status when idling. You can google Seagate for further information.
You could take a look at it, viewtopic.php?t=43886&highlight=seagate
it has been discussed before. Return it and get Hitachi or WD or Samsung instead, Seagate is the noisiest HDD right now.
so you are saying all 7200.10s have this sharp idle noise cycles?
On another forum, someone suggested that the 7200.10 is the first Seagate drive in several years to support AAM. You might try enabling AAM with the Hitachi Feature Tool. I have not tried that yet.
No, it will help to quiet seeks, but only a new hard drive will fix a poorly designed bearing...nukie wrote:AAM lowers the sharp idle noise?
Strangely enough, I procured a Maxtor 7200.10 (after Seagate bought them out), and it's quiet quiet at idle. It's quiet at seek too, when properly suspended. It doesn't hold a candle to my WD5000KS, but it's better than some of the Seagates I've heard.
I know when i first got my .8, i was abit surprised by its clunky seeking noise.. then i got used to it.. grew to live with it.. then i get this high frequency seeking idle noise from .10 which is just freaking unacceptable to me. It's not THAT loud but very annoying loud. Makes me wanna throw the HD into the wall. much like high frequency PSU at a slightly lower degree.loimlo wrote:Sorry, Seagate 7200.10 was desperately let down. From my experience, 7200 10 was noisier than .7/.8/.9, and I didn't badmouth before that even .9 was noisier than Hitachi, WD.
Seagate is a reliable HDD manufacturer, but anyone who concentrates on silence avoiding them as much as possible.
Really you grow to appreciate the "HUMMING" in other components when you hear such sounds.. Humming sounds get absorbed into the background as ambience whereas annoying noises always catch your nerves every time..
Actually, the sweet spot for value will most likely be on a drive in the 250GB range. Western Digital has this drive for $20 more than it's 160GB variant and it will most likely be just as quiet and perform slightly faster to boot (due to increased areal density).
purchased it and it fixed the high pitch whine noise! thanks!jhhoffma wrote:Actually, the sweet spot for value will most likely be on a drive in the 250GB range. Western Digital has this drive for $20 more than it's 160GB variant and it will most likely be just as quiet and perform slightly faster to boot (due to increased areal density).