Thanks, Richard. That's exactly what I did for that home machine. Just going
to a slightly younger drive killed that high-pitched whine. I have a new CPU
cooller (Nexus) and new case fans to put in this weekend.
I made huge progress on my office PC. Took out the loud PS, replaced the CPU
coo
I have an older WD drive that has that whining sound and I absolutely agree
that it is noisy and irritating. I put that in an external case and only use
it for backups... but even the 10-15 minutes that it is usually on, it
grates at me. I have several of the newer 400GB and 500GB WD drives and
tru
DHSinclair wrote:
Anthony,
Some simple justice here.
Hard Drives- They make "noise". Period. Some less than others. Choose
accordingly; and spend the money :)
You know...you're 100% correct about this Duncan. Sanity is worth it's
weight in gold! After some time, the $$$ will be mean
Simple justice? :) More like pain...
Yes, apparently the newer stuff makes less noise than the other stuff.
But I had a whine, man, a whine. Not just some spin up noise. I killed
it off now by just putting in a slightly younger drive that had been in
an external case. It's much quieter now,
Anthony,
Some simple justice here.
Hard Drives- They make "noise". Period. Some less than others. Choose
accordingly; and spend the money :)
Cooling Fans - Most make lots of "noise." Whoever they are. Some less
than others. The "less than others" usually cost us dollars to own, and we
Yeah, I got a 250 I'm trying to get going now. If I can't live with
that, I'll order a 500 from newegg tomorrow.
I get I'm getting old or something, but somethings I'm just not going to
live with in my own house! Noise I don't like is one of them. I'd swear
it's raising my blood pressure.
Gr
> Why in the hell are the WDs so loud? Gosh, they are awful. They have a
> high pitched whine that drives me nuts. Spin up is terrible. One is a
> 180 GB and I think the other is a 200 GB. Is there any software that
> will put them in quiet mode?
>
Those are ancient drives. Old drives are lo
No, right now I just have the fan there with it unplugged. I suppose
that hole isn't optimal for cooling, right? I didn't want to try to
remove it because it is such a bear to get too. This case is tight inside.
I did replace the NB fan with a 40mm fan I stole of an old nVidia card I
have lyi
Ok. I'm working with a Gigabyte SinXP1394 w/t Intel 3.06 P4. 2 GB ram, 2
WD HS, 3 opticals, ATI9800 Pro., 3 case fans active (one is back, two in
front pulling air over HDs and Video card. I'm using stock HS/Fan in
CPU. The PS is an Enermax 460 W. Case is a CM ATSC, which only allows
for 80mm
