Weird wavey noise
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Mortibus




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PostPosted: Sun, 9th Aug 2009 10:50    Post subject: Weird wavey noise
coming from hard drives

recently got two 500gb sata2 hd's [maxtor and hitachi ]and they make this, don't even know how to explain periodical wave noise which is iriitating the hell out of me, u can actually feel the vibration on the case

my 2 old sammys 500gb sata2 quite and noiseless

drives tested fine and work perfect, it's just the noise that is really annoying

anyway to get rid of it, apart from buying some noise canceling solutions?
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Spiderman
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PostPosted: Sun, 9th Aug 2009 13:35    Post subject:
well i had the same with a 80 gig a 160 gig and all my disk.... its the vibration your disk moves in your PC case, to solve it just add rubber to the screws holding your hdd or screw them more tightly
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Mortibus




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PostPosted: Sun, 9th Aug 2009 16:13    Post subject:
tried that, still there is this slight noise which is very noticable, especially when it's quite
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swingman




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PostPosted: Sun, 9th Aug 2009 18:28    Post subject:
Ah, the age-old rhetorical question. If a hard-drive makes a 'wavey' noise and nobody hears it because you've isolated it completely, is it still making that noise? Very Happy Ofcourse it's making that noise! And one thing about noise is that it doesn't happen when mechanical parts are moving around at thousands of times per minute in harmony, the way they are supposed to. It only happens when something is out of whack. You want to wait and find out when this spinning time-bomb blows? Wink

Or it could just be the normal 'seek' noise for these drives. Or it could be due to the fact that the tool-less cases use pins to hold the drives instead of screws, allowing small vibrations to be transmitted to the case.
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Mortibus




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PostPosted: Sun, 9th Aug 2009 19:40    Post subject:
drives function perfectly, they are screwed in and yes they make same noise outside the case even tho it's not as noticeable
drives are brand new, have been checked with several apps and appear to be in top notch condition
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