ARG. HDD noise is driving me bonkers!

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vliou · #1 Post by **vliou** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 3:22 pm

Hey ppl,

SO I bought the Hitachi 80GB 7200RPM drive...the noise is driving me insane. Is the seagate 7200rpm notebook hdd's anybetter?

Jason986 · #2 Post by **Jason986** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:35 pm

Try enabling AAM on the drive. Did wonders to my 80GB 7K100.

Use Hitachi's Drive Feature Tool to accomplish this:
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

vliou · #3 Post by **vliou** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:28 pm

I did, it helped, but still noisy? I'm really picky!

sugo · #4 Post by **sugo** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:58 pm

Well, I guess one cannot have both speed and quietness. I think the Seagate 5400.3 is a good compromise.

edit: fixed spelling ...

Jason986 · #5 Post by **Jason986** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:22 pm

Do you have AAM craked up to the max setting? My 7K100 is silent at the max AAM value. Maybe you got a faulty drive?

vliou · #6 Post by **vliou** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:34 pm

Yeah...I do. The clicking noise is a lot less, but the whir is really annoying. I mean, the fan is off, and my office is dead quiet, which is probably why?

#7 Post by **ZaZ** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 7:05 am

The Seagates are cooler and quieter. Hitachis have better performance.

ARG. HDD noise is driving me bonkers!

ARG. HDD noise is driving me bonkers!

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