Lian Li PC-7B Vibration

PiKe · 12 Nov 2007 at 09:12

I've added a third hard drive to the bottom HDD enclosure and now I can hear/feel vibration through the floor near the pc. Is the bottom enclosure removable so that I could install rubber washers to reduce the vibration, or is there a better solution?

DELETED_36704 · 12 Nov 2007 at 09:45

Got any 5.25 drive bays free? you could move one or two HD's up there using adaptors.

Something like this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-011-SY&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=72

Or you could look on the bay and get cheaper metal adaptors which aren't as good but will work ok.

There was a massive thread in here a while back on case/HD resonating/vibration, will see if i can dig it up.

DELETED_36704 · 12 Nov 2007 at 10:08

Couldn't find that thread :s

A bungee mod is another option http://www.silentpcreview.com/article109-page1.html

PiKe · 12 Nov 2007 at 10:17

I'd rather not go down the bungee cord route as the hard drives then cannot use the case as a heatsink.

stopstartstall · 12 Nov 2007 at 12:02

The bottom hdd enclosure is removable, so you could easily install rubber washers under the feet. You could replace the screws holding the hds in with those rubber anti vibration screw things as well?

PiKe · 12 Nov 2007 at 12:11

stopstartstall said:
The bottom hdd enclosure is removable, so you could easily install rubber washers under the feet. You could replace the screws holding the hds in with those rubber anti vibration screw things as well?

What are those anti vibration screws I've never heard of them.

stopstartstall · 12 Nov 2007 at 13:05

Ah, sorry mate. Just been to look and I was thinking of the ones you could get for fans. You could maybe put rubber washers between the hd and the enclosure though. The 5.25>3.5 converter I've got has these as standard and they do cut down on noise.