I recently bought a WD10EACS and a WD6400AAKS, and am happy with the performance, but have begun to notice some noise originating from those two drives.
I've read the reviews and both are supposed to have little vibration. I have a P180 case and am using them in the lower cage. The sound I'm hearing is just like a washing or drying machine, muffled in the far background (as if it were several rooms away for a floor or two above). I can only hear it when I'm at my desk and the computer is to the side. When I bring my head down near the hds, I can't hear it as well.
I'm wondering if anyone has this case and hds and if you think either of mine might be dying.
Ben
EDIT: It seems to only be my WD10EACS. Does AAM do anything for vibration? Is there a way to set the WD10EACS to only 5400rpms? I think I will end up buying another WD6400AAKS.
Vibration Problem
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It may be a resonance issue . I have a lot of problems with resonance with computers placed on my desk . The rear and sides are enclosed an made of solid wood ( 45mm thick ) it echoes and amplifies any case resonance within a certain band . I once attached (with duct tape ) a blanket behind the computers to see what happened - the sound went away ! not a usable fix but it isolated the problem !
Are you sure that it is just the drive vibrating ?
When I bring my head down near the hds, I can't hear it as well
It may be a resonance issue . I have a lot of problems with resonance with computers placed on my desk . The rear and sides are enclosed an made of solid wood ( 45mm thick ) it echoes and amplifies any case resonance within a certain band . I once attached (with duct tape ) a blanket behind the computers to see what happened - the sound went away ! not a usable fix but it isolated the problem !
Are you sure that it is just the drive vibrating ?
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