Silence A Noisy Hd

[kaiweiler]

I'm sure some or most of you have had a noisy HD before, for me, it is the 30gb in my sig. Well what I wanna know is how you've managed to silence them yet still keep them cool.
After my overclock, I am working towards a now almost silent system, yet my little HD is intent on making a lot of noise.
I was thinking maybe encasing it in foam, but then thought that would most likley also keep the heat in causing the drive to overheat, any of you have a working method of silencing a HD??
other then :music1: ......

[delphin460]

if you are able to , enable smartdrive in the bios

[clocker]

K,

I have my HDD mounted on the case floor using rubber isolating feet.
It sits right in front of the 120mm intake fan on the front wall and has a heatpipe cooler attached.

For all intents and purposes it is totaly silent.

wish I had a Seagate...they are much less intrusive than my WD...

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by clocker@26 April 2004 - 11:49
K,

I have my HDD mounted on the case floor using rubber isolating feet.
It sits right in front of the 120mm intake fan on the front wall and has a heatpipe cooler attached.

For all intents and purposes it is totaly silent.

wish I had a Seagate...they are much less intrusive than my WD...

hmm, I could manage something like that...
What if part of the noise is the disk spinning inside, not just the vibration?

[atiVidia]

Originally posted by kaiweiler+26 April 2004 - 14:34--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (kaiweiler @ 26 April 2004 - 14:34)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-clocker@26 April 2004 - 11:49
K,

I have my HDD mounted on the case floor using rubber isolating feet.
It sits right in front of the 120mm intake fan on the front wall and has a heatpipe cooler attached.

For all intents and purposes it is totaly silent.

wish I had a Seagate...they are much less intrusive than my WD...

hmm, I could manage something like that...
What if part of the noise is the disk spinning inside, not just the vibration? [/b][/quote]
lets teach u something:

sound is vibration. anything that can dampen vibration effectively dampens noise to an extent.

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by atiVidia@26 April 2004 - 16:09
lets teach u something:

sound is vibration. anything that can dampen vibration effectively dampens noise to an extent.

I know that you fool
TO AN EXTENT, there will still be that small whiring of the spinning disk, that is mostly what I want to eliminate, that&#39;s why I suggested coating it in foam, but finding someway to let heat escape...

[atiVidia]

Originally posted by kaiweiler+26 April 2004 - 15:20--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (kaiweiler @ 26 April 2004 - 15:20)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-atiVidia@26 April 2004 - 16:09
lets teach u something:

sound is vibration. anything that can dampen vibration effectively dampens noise to an extent.

I know that you fool
TO AN EXTENT, there will still be that small whiring of the spinning disk, that is mostly what I want to eliminate, that&#39;s why I suggested coating it in foam, but finding someway to let heat escape... [/b][/quote]
rofl again, that whirling will prolly be under 20db (with adequete vibrtion absorbtion)

at which point u dont need to worry: 20db is the average ambient room noise

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by atiVidia@26 April 2004 - 16:25
rofl again, that whirling will prolly be under 20db (with adequete vibrtion absorbtion)

at which point u dont need to worry: 20db is the average ambient room noise

not on an old Quantum fireball HD, it certainly isn&#39;t under 20dBA
on startup it spins like a bastard and is quite noisy

[atiVidia]

Originally posted by kaiweiler+26 April 2004 - 15:29--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (kaiweiler @ 26 April 2004 - 15:29)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-atiVidia@26 April 2004 - 16:25
rofl again, that whirling will prolly be under 20db (with adequete vibrtion absorbtion)

at which point u dont need to worry: 20db is the average ambient room noise

not on an old Quantum fireball HD, it certainly isn&#39;t under 20dBA
on startup it spins like a bastard and is quite noisy [/b][/quote]
d00d read the full post&#33;

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by atiVidia+26 April 2004 - 16:32--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (atiVidia @ 26 April 2004 - 16:32)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by kaiweiler@26 April 2004 - 15:29
<!--QuoteBegin-atiVidia

@26 April 2004 - 16:25
rofl again, that whirling will prolly be under 20db (with adequete vibrtion absorbtion)

at which point u dont need to worry: 20db is the average ambient room noise

not on an old Quantum fireball HD, it certainly isn&#39;t under 20dBA
on startup it spins like a bastard and is quite noisy

d00d read the full post&#33; [/b][/quote]

Sorry my bad&#33;
think I&#39;ll try the rubber feet and set it on the bottom of my case and se if it changes any