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In Reply to: OT - noisy external hard drive issue posted by Duster on March 9, 2005 at 10:05:19:
If it's the HD bearing, for example, I would recommend replacing the HD. Today's quietest drives use fluid dynamic bearings (look for "FDB" in the spec sheet). I routinely do this on noisy desktops and laptops and the result is far better than any soundcoating or other vibration dampening. Plus, you can often take a step up in terms of speed and/or capacity at the same time.If the noise is mainly from the fan, PC Power and Cooling makes some pretty darned quiet fans. You might start there, and see if you still need to do anything else. Cheapest thing you could do.
I would be very careful about putting an external HD enclosure inside another box. Heat kills hard drives.
Good luck!
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- Identify the source of the noise first. - glennw 12:00:09 03/09/05 (0)
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