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- From: drudetb@infonode.ingr.com (Ted B. Drude)
- Subject: Re: Comment on noise of Western Digital harddrives
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.235919.29188@infonode.ingr.com>
- Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
- References: <sheldon.726267242@vincent2.iastate.edu>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 23:59:19 GMT
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- In article <sheldon.726267242@vincent2.iastate.edu> sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon) writes:
- > There was some discussion on here a while back regarding the noise level of
- >Western Digital harddrives.
- [...]
- > In conclusion: I find from this that drive noise is directly related to
- >case style, and location of the drive within the case. Certain cases and
- >drive positions will dampen the vibrations and noise made by a HD, others
- >will reverberate with certain drives and make noise levels worse.
- > Without testing different drives and different case styles it is going to
- >be difficult to identify beforehand whether a drive/case combination is
- >going to be "noisy" or "quiet". Usually this experimentation can only
- >affordably be performed by OEM's.
- > On a side note we have one case where if the 3.5" drive is installed in one
- >drive bay it's quiet, if installed in another drive bay it's very noisy.
- >--
- >sheldon@iastate.edu Steve Sheldon
-
- I'd have to agree with your conclusions. One smart solution I've seen on
- some desktop models is to mount the hard disk at the rear of the enclosure
- underneath the power supply. The power supply still bolts onto the back
- panel as usual, but it's made more compact than usual so there's enough room
- underneath to mount a 3.5" hard disk. Dell uses this type of arrangement
- on some of their desktops and they are unusually quiet (IMHO). Some
- other desktop cases might also offer that mounting option.
-
- - Ted D.
-