03-10-2004, 12:47 PM
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Hard drive noise!
OK lately my computer has been making more noise, I was thinking it was one of the six fans but i stopped each one and it was not the fans i even tried the PSU fan. Is there a chance it could be one of my hard drives making the noise, the hard drive spinning? I have two WD 40 gig hard drives one is a little over a year old and the other is less then a year old. Any ideas?
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03-10-2004, 01:28 PM
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harddrives are famous for making hell of noise... (that's why I prefer Maxtor, they at least are a bit quiet)
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03-10-2004, 09:56 PM
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you keeping the drives cool berks? ive noticed that the cooler a drive runs, the quieter it stays.... i have 2 fans specifically for cooling my HDs... the orangy bits to the right of the pic are 2 large fans blowing air in...and the HD mounted fans blow cold air directly onto the HD...take a looksie:
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03-10-2004, 10:38 PM
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yup.. HD's make noise, and whn it's new noise it be making...well, it's not a welcome sign. hope aiming a fan gives ya a quick fix!
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03-11-2004, 11:42 AM
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Well.. I have to tell ya I have two WD hard drives as well.. and when I leave them on all nigth and all day they tend to get a bit noisy but I also have fans on them. Either way.. one of my WD drives is 3 years old and its never had a problem even when I had "no" airflow in my old case it was in. So dont worry about them failing.. because they wont. never hurts nonetheless to add some cooling to them. And definately seperate them in bays if you can!
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03-11-2004, 11:50 AM
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Yeah i have four fans blowing on them now but airflow is a problem with the case i have. I've been thinking about picking up a new case. Thanks for the help all.
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