Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 08:22:20 -0800 From: John Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Toshiba 100GB suggestions..?
Hello Chris Hogan... That is interesting you say that. I have a 2.5" IBM Travelstar 12GB drive and it is the loudest 2.5 I have. (DARA-212000) Noise as you describe... makes me want to open it and shake out the metallic sand that it sounds like is inside it. I imagine tiny brake pads having gone metal to metal. : ) I have only owned a few 2.5" drives in this 9.5mm thickness though. I have a couple of Toshiba 20GB Drives that are silent inside my Libretto(s) however. The newest drive I bought was a Toshiba 100GB (GAX) and it is very quiet, only a TINY bit audible compared to the Toshiba 20GIG drives I have. To give an example, in a room where you can hear cooling fans from desktop systems, you can not hear this 100GB drive in the Libretto. In a silent room you can. I think it very quiet... no more than 10% more audible than the Toshiba 20GB drives I own. BUT the (at least the one I own) Toshiba 100GB has a slight vibration to it that can be felt. That bothered me the first time I started it up. So tiny to have vibration like that. It is a 5400RPM drive, so I guess is has more potential for imbalance than a lower RPM drive. I have not noticed much vibration in drives since 2.5" drives were 13mm (12.7?) thick. I would think anything that vibrates would have a higher tendency to wear, but my old Toshiba 13mm drives still work today and two are used daily now for approximately 10 years. I just reached down and felt the case on a 486 computer that is never turned off which contains a Toshiba 120MB 2.5" drive (adapted to 3.5 controller/power) and it is STILL vibrating just like it did when new. Amazing. I hope my newest 100GB Toshiba (GAX) lasts that long as well as my Librettos! : ) Hope that helps... John Martin ===================================== ---------- From: Chris Hogan (social) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 5:15 AM To: Libretto Subject: RE: [LIB] Toshiba 100GB suggestions..? Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 13:07:42 +0100 From: "Chris Hogan \(social\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Toshiba 100GB suggestions..? > I've got the Seagate 100GB and it's a nice > model - esp. so given their 5 year warranty (best > in the market, in the USA anyways). Solid product > and I'm satisfied with them. I'm about to get a new drive too -- but I'm more interested in noise (or rather lack of it). I've been using a 10mb IBM travelstar for about 6 years and it has always been so noisy that I thought it was about to grind to a halt, but my 20Mb version of the same disk is completely inaudible in my Lib. David -- I have found 3.5" Seagate 40Mb drives quite noisy in desktops, how is yours? Can anyone make any recommendations for quiet drives, or noisy ones to avoid? TIA, Chris -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.0/249 - Release Date: 02/02/06
