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Samsung hard drives - don't buy them unless you like subliminal mental torture

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MilesAhead:
Hmmmmmmm quietest drive I ever had was in a 486.  I forget the drive make.  But it was a 200 MB SCSI.  It had a voice coil.  The only time I could hear anything from it was if I put my ear next to it at about 2:00 AM when other noise had subsided in the house.  Man that thing was quiet!!  Watching the LED was the only way I could tell it was thrashing.

Of course the downside was only 200 MB storage! :)

cranioscopical:
I'd try sitting the case on something (a piece of high density foam or polystyrene sheet, or even corrugated cardboard) and probably lining the sides as well (they make great drums!!)-Target (August 15, 2011, 10:51 PM)
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Better yet, make up some kind of plinth from layers of different materials. +1 on lining the sides!

MilesAhead:
at the risk of being on topic, have you considered adding some sound deadening to the case as well?-Target (August 15, 2011, 10:51 PM)
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Or put on some music very loud!! Like if your elbow hurts get somebody to stomp on your toe.  You forget about the elbow! :)

nudone:
at the risk of being on topic, have you considered adding some sound deadening to the case as well?

I'd try sitting the case on something (a piece of high density foam or polystyrene sheet, or even corrugated cardboard) and probably lining the sides as well (they make great drums!!)
-Target (August 15, 2011, 10:51 PM)
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Good ideas but all this is happening inside an Antec case that has padded sides already. I've also tried putting the case on top of some padding but the machine is so heavy (around 3 stone, or 20 kg) that there isn't anything sufficient to put under it - maybe a bed matress (we can now discuss bed/pc mods to go with the toilet mods).

Anyway, the annoying humming noise has gone - definitely. It just isn't a silent machine overall at the moment so, when the extension cables arrive, I will be putting the machine in the other room (neighbour's toilet habits permitting).

For anyone experiencing a similar annoying hard drive hum, this is the material I've used: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_pad



I've cut several small rectangles out from the foam so that each hard drive rests on four of these layers. This is something I shall do in future (as it works better than anything else so far) - but it requires a more secure way of restraining the drives. It's fine whilst the machine is stationary, but if I were to forget about the hd foam bed setup I could easily have hard drives smashing around inside the case when I try to carry it somewhere (I've stuck a post-it note to the side of the case to remind me about the unstable contents - yes, I am likely to forget otherwise).

f0dder:
I've cut several small rectangles out from the foam so that each hard drive rests on four of these layers.-nudone (August 16, 2011, 03:09 AM)
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Good for sound reduction, but what are the effects on temperature? Sleeping pads are made for insulation...

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