Hi there, The noise from my hard drives is really starting to bug me! I was wondering are there any cheap and easy solutions to shut them up? I have set them to spin down after 10 mins idle yet my main system disks and another are in use most of the time and grind like nothing else. Would something as simple as a few rubber washers between the hard drive and the chasis help? What about foam noise cancelling panels? Are they actually any good? Here is my case: http://www.chieftec.com/okx.html You can see the hard drive rack in it, all 6 bays are full in my pc with sata/sata 2 drives. It uses quick release rail things for easy installtion so any suggestions would need to work with those... Disks are: 2 WD Raptors in striping 0 for windows, then 4 im not sure about, a mix of WD Seagate and Maxtor. Thanks in advance!

This probably isn't related to your question but if you have SIX drives stacked in a row you may have overheating issues with them. Try monitoring with something like speedfan.

Yeah I agree completely with OtheHill. Based on my experience, the hard drive is sometimes the second warmest component of the PC, depending on the ventilation of the chassis. Having 6 in the same area is likely to be causing an overheating issue. I know it's off topic, but I'm glad OtheHill mentioned that because it's very important. Extreme temperatures are not good on a hard drive. WinSimple Software

Hi there, I have 2 fans behind them blowing air over them so overheating isnt a problem ;)

Unless you have measured the drive temps you don't know if they are running hot or not.

I have measured them, theyre not running hot as a I said.

If you have a removable drive cage it may be loose. That could allow more vibration. Some brands/models of drives are just noisier than others.