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| Minwah:
I've noticed recently the hard drive noise in my cab is quite loud...I'm sure it didn't used to be as bad, it is now on a wooden floor (as opposed to carpet). It almost sounds like the cabinet box is amplifying the vibration/noise. My HDD is fixed to a board using metal brackets. I thought I might put some rubber between the drive and the brackets. Any other tricks I could do? |
| Xiaou2:
You could put the drive in a hard drive cage, then string the cage up (suspended in air) with bungee cords. Most the noise is from vibrational conduction. Even rubber feet will still conduct vibrations pretty darn well (unless its soft gushy stuff like those wall-walker toys)... but suspended via bungee will be extremely hard for any vibrations to be transmitted to the cabinet walls. I also recommend making sure there is a fan blowing air across the drives surface to expand its life expectancy. (heat dramatically reduces HD lifespans) --- Added: Also, do not string the bungee too tight. Just cross-suspend with adequate tension to hold the thing in place. The tighter the tension, the more likely vibration will be able to make it to the cab sides. If it is simply a very noisy drive and vibration is not really the culprit.. you might build a small wooden box around it to separate it from the rest of the cabinet. Place an intake hole on the cab side of that box - with fan pushing air towards the drive and out the back of the cabinet thru an exit hole. Suspend + mini-box enclosure for best results. (besides buying a solid state drive :P ) |
| patrickl:
I read a review that showed a PC with a busy drive would would quiet down from 45.2 dB(A) to 39.5 (Idle from 42.3 db(A) to 39.1) when put in a Silentmaxx HD-Silencer Rev 2.0 It wasn't this review though, (it was a Dutch one) It was the best cooling silencer in the test. These things cost a fortune though. Another option was rubber feet for mounting the drive. This showed to be less effective with active to 41.8 and idle to 40.4, but still pretty good. If it's mostly vibration resonating through the case rubber mounting feet or a rubber band solution might be enough. |
| RayB:
I'm very surprised that a hard drive could be that noisey. ... It's louder than your CPU fan?? |
| Ginsu Victim:
One thing to make sure of is if you have a CD or DVD drive, take any discs out. When I forget and leave one in, I'm reminded VERY quickly to take it out. |
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