[juneau-lug] Re: Quiet hard drives
- From: Myron Davis <myrond@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 13:25:12 -0700
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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