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Noisy HD
Name: t8769 Date: October 30, 2006 at 16:13:59 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 512 Product: Dell
Comment:
The first HD on my new Dimension 3100 sounded like an old tractor.
They sent another HD, but it too is noisy, I can hear it crunching away.
I've had 5 PCs and have NEVER had any noise, I don't understand how a new PC in 2006 can be so noisy.
Is this normal with this model, or Dell, or new HDs?
Name: street1 Date: October 30, 2006 at 16:27:53 Pacific
Reply:
So what hard drive do you have?
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Response Number 2
Name: ham30 Date: October 30, 2006 at 16:46:07 Pacific
Reply:
Hard drives vary in the noise factor. If both of the drives sound the same, it's probably a characteristic of that particular make and model.
Do yourself a favor BACKUP!
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Response Number 3
Name: Sabertooth Date: October 30, 2006 at 19:00:39 Pacific
Reply:
If it sounds like a tractor - it's probably a maxtor ;-)
Someone posted this a few days ago, you can download it and it will get you the details of the HDD and more. You can post back those details.
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Response Number 4
Name: t8769 Date: October 31, 2006 at 00:50:18 Pacific
Reply:
Hi
This is the details for my HD. I think its a P4.
80GB Serial ATA &7200 rpm)
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Response Number 5
Name: Mattwizz3 (by mattwizz3) Date: October 31, 2006 at 02:59:34 Pacific
Reply:
haha, that info isnt really that helpfull. We need a brand. I wouldent worry too much I were you, my freind recently baught a new Compaq and his hard drive was surprisingly loud too..
"If it sounds like a tractor - it's probably a maxtor ;-)" I recently baught a seagate 200Gb SATA drive and its actual storage space is smaller than my 200Gb SATA Maxtor and its is also miles louder.. maby its not true for all maxtors.. I find Hitachi drives to be pretty noisy when they get working but this Seagate is louder, I dont know why I didnt just buy another WD.
Anyhoo, If you want a quiet hard drive Western Digital hard drives are very quiet and my favourite brand of HDD..
Mattwizz3 : )
Sempron 2600+ @ 2.2GHz 1Gb DDR400 Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe 200GB SATA 2X 80Gb IDE 256Mb MSI 6800 Ultra
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Response Number 6
Name: t8769 Date: November 1, 2006 at 05:42:30 Pacific
Reply:
Its a Hitachi, Pathfinder: 80G, SATA2
thanks
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Response Number 7
Name: Mattwizz3 (by mattwizz3) Date: November 1, 2006 at 16:06:26 Pacific
Reply:
Yeah, Hitachi's can be pretty loud. Dont worry too much. If you want to check if its healthy, download speedfan, install it, run it and go to the SMART tab, then click perform in-depth online anlysis. It will tell ya if its all good.
Mattwizz3 : )
Sempron 2600+ @ 2.2GHz 1Gb DDR400 Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe 200GB SATA 2X 80Gb IDE 256Mb MSI 6800 Ultra
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Name: t8769 Date: November 2, 2006 at 01:46:18 Pacific
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