Silence A Noisy Hd

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Originally posted by atiVidia@26 April 2004 - 22:03

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Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@26 April 2004 - 22:01

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Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@26 April 2004 - 21:56
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@26 April 2004 - 20:52
heres a more expensive method (but likely to silence ur entire case)

get one of those noise cancellation units from BOSE, and remove the headfones and instead add a speaker (like one of those gay monitor-mount speakers that only has 1 cable and thats for the sound). the unit should have a microfone either built in or attached via cable. the unit is battery operated i believe so ull need to switch the batteries or plug the DC power adapter into the wall. may be a hassle but it works.

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I dont understand how putting a speaker in ur case would cancle sound...lol im not saying your wrong, i just dont understand..how does that work?

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have you read his post from a month ago? somehow (proven to work) when you have double the amount of sound, it cancles out itself...

so if you have these headphones on, and there are microphones on the sides, then when the sound comes in, it gets doubled up through your ears, then just cancles out and becomes silent :unsure: its really wierd, and hard to explain, maybe atividia will link to his topic...

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no rofl u got it down

ill make a paint drawing to explain it l8r

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u saying I do or dont get it?

you already drew a pint picture... :) ur doing another?[/b][/quote]
heres a better 1

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2296/...ncellation.gif
the blue is the sound curve. the red is the noise cancellation curve.

when u average the two curves, you get:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7388/...cellation2.gif
i kno the 2nd graph hurts the eyes but oh well :)

the flat line at zero means no sound. this is how the technology works, and it almost always works perfectly

So K, did you stop at the hardware store yesterday and get the rubber feet?

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Originally posted by clocker@27 April 2004 - 08:33
So K, did you stop at the hardware store yesterday and get the rubber feet?

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couldn&#39;t get the feet, I got some split loom for my cables though...
but yeah I&#39;m pretty sure I have some of those felt feet that you put un the legs of chairs and stuff to stop the from scratching the floor, I think those may even work better

Maybe, but how do fasten the HDD to the floor of the case then?

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Originally posted by clocker@27 April 2004 - 14:02
Maybe, but how do fasten the HDD to the floor of the case then?

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I was thnking put the felt stoppers on the drive and just set it on the bottom, with the rubber ones you say it would actually be attatched?

my harddrive makes so much fuckin noise too some help would be nice that is easy.. maybe wrappin the HD in somethin but i dunno what. <_<

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Originally posted by mofos@27 April 2004 - 20:46
my harddrive makes so much fuckin noise too some help would be nice that is easy.. maybe wrappin the HD in somethin but i dunno what. <_<

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haha read this whole thread dude, you might find out something interesting&#33; :lol:

Wrapping the HDD in anything suitable for making it quieter would be a bad ( no, make that terrible) idea, IMO.
If it&#39;s holding in the sound, it&#39;s holding in the heat too.

K,
I misspoke in my first post...I&#39;m not using "feet" like you buy at the Ace Hardware, but rather, the isolator feet that come with the Zalman heatpipe cooler.
One end ( they are about 1/2" long) has a threaded stud that goes into the tapped holes in the bottom of your HDD.
The other end has a tapped fitting that you can screw into.
The two end fittings are separated by rubber so no vibration can be transferred ( in theory).

If I didn&#39;t have those I would probably get some sort of rubber blocks ( the softer the better)to use as spacers and use 6-32 plastic screws to fasten down the unit.

I think that you&#39;ll find that just moving the HDD out of the metal bay will help quite a bit..less echo/reverberation.

It does work, I promise.
If you&#39;re drive is incredibly noisy ( mine was not...more irritating than anything), it may not become completely inaudible, but you will notice an improvement.

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Originally posted by clocker@27 April 2004 - 20:47
Wrapping the HDD in anything suitable for making it quieter would be a bad ( no, make that terrible) idea, IMO.
If it&#39;s holding in the sound, it&#39;s holding in the heat too.

K,
I misspoke in my first post...I&#39;m not using "feet" like you buy at the Ace Hardware, but rather, the isolator feet that come with the Zalman heatpipe cooler.
One end ( they are about 1/2" long) has a threaded stud that goes into the tapped holes in the bottom of your HDD.
The other end has a tapped fitting that you can screw into.
The two end fittings are separated by rubber so no vibration can be transferred ( in theory).

If I didn&#39;t have those I would probably get some sort of rubber blocks ( the softer the better)to use as spacers and use 6-32 plastic screws to fasten down the unit.

I think that you&#39;ll find that just moving the HDD out of the metal bay will help quite a bit..less echo/reverberation.

It does work, I promise.
If you&#39;re drive is incredibly noisy ( mine was not...more irritating than anything), it may not become completely inaudible, but you will notice an improvement.

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is this true for all parts in a case? for example, a psu? maybe ill try butting a thin strip of styrom foam in the shape of the back of the psu, to go in between the back of it and teh case, and maybe ill attach some to the bottom of my hard drive...think this would work? im guessing it will be about 2 or 3mm thick...

that or I might try suspending the hard drive using fishing line and see how that works out...

edit: hmm, i was talking to mofos on msn and he said that he put his ontop of a dish sponge on the bottom of his case, and this made it silent...what you guys think? i think it might overheat if I do that, but thats just me...

Rossco,
Why would you do this to your PSU?
Nothing in there is spinning at 7200rpm.
If you have noise from there your best bet is to replace/upgrade the fans...they are the only things that could be noisy in a PSU.

I have seen several HDDs suspended ( usually with zipties) and the idea looks very good...if a little low-tech for my taste.
As long as you are aware that your drive is basically swinging like a pendulum inside your case when you move it, you should be OK.