[juneau-lug] Re: Quiet hard drives

Hi James!

I've noticed a lot of seagate drives (some of them anyway) have this
rubber enclosure around them, and from what I've seen the drives are
very quiet.  Don't know what models etc; but it's an idea :)

-Myron

On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, James Zuelow wrote:

> 
> Anyone have advice for finding QUIET hard drives? I keep a machine in the
> living room at home, and it is noisy. I bought one of those Costco 20GB
> drives a few years ago (Western Digital IDE) and it has a high pitched
> whine that just cuts through the case and computer hutch.  It sounds like
> a fan that is out of alignment, and in fact for a long time I thought it
> was a fan making the noise.
> 
> I'd like to replace the drive with something quieter, but before I go
> shopping I thought I'd ask around about models people might know of that
> are quieter than others.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> James
> 
> 
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