"Larry le Mac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >I have a 500MHz Pismo with a noisy 20GB drive. > >Mayby I should say whiney as I doubt the drive is >about to expire. > >I am currently trying to eliminate all grey sounds from >my office room as I really suffer from noise polution, >and now that I have blocked the air vent etc. it's the >ac which makes the most noise. > >Grinding, hammering and so on doesn't bother me >the slightest, but humming, whining drives me up the >phu**ing wall... > >Anyway, my questing is this, is there anything one can >do other than actually replace the drive ? > >I have set the drive to stop automatically but there always >seems to be a reason for it to start again immediately...
About the only thing I can think of is to put the drive in an external firewire case and then soundproof it somehow (put it in a drawer or something). My Pismo's original hard drive developed a very loud and very annoying whine. It was always a bit on the loud side, but it got a lot worse. So much so that I no longer wanted to use it. :( I considered an external enclosure for the hard drive, but I figured that if was making that much noise that the drive might be likely to fail soon; so I bit the bullet and got a new hard drive: <URL:http://www.transintl.com/store/category.cfm?Category=2300> Very quick; very fast; very pleasant to use (again!) There are less expensive drives available, but make sure to at least get one with fluid bearings. A larger cache (at least 8MB) is good too. Hope this helps, -Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "You can't brew a premium lager with a kool-aid mentality." --Harold Green in _The_Red_Green_Show_ -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
