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- From: mikew@hpwarha.wal.hp.com (Michael Williams)
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:40:42 GMT
- Subject: Re: Re: Should WD Caviar 2200 be noisy?
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- In article <1992Dec16.164607.27780@zip.eecs.umich.edu> joy@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Chien-Chung Chen) writes:
- >Well, I don't know about Seagate ST3283A. But among all the HDs I've seen,
- >WD2200 is the most noisy. If you are concerned about the quietness, better
- >get something else.
- >
- >>PS : What stability problem with the Maxtor?
- >
- >It's a long story. Briefly, the Maxtor HD was making faint clicking noise
- >when the head was placed to some positions. It's not the sound of head
- >moving. Instead, it's like the head was scatching the disk surface.
- >I didn't wait for the HD's problem to rise, but returned it immediately.
- >BTW, WD2200 is much faster than Maxtor 7213A. I'm happy that I made the
- >switch.
-
- I recently purchased a WD 340 MB drive, and it's as noisy as the old 42
- MB MFM drive that came with the 386 SX I bought in 1988 (and much
- noisier than the silent Toshiba 100 MB disk that I replaced that with).
- Every disk head movement generates a thunk with the Western Digital.
-
- I had thought that the drive was defective, but perhaps that's just the
- way they were designed. I'm going to call Western Digital just to make
- sure.
-
- As noisy as it is, I think I can live with it as long as it's not a
- manufacturing defect. As stated here, it is incredibly fast; the
- difference that it made in my system was remarkable. (The extra 200 MB
- of space is nice, too!)
-
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