Hard Drive Hum

FrannoBaz · 4 Jun 2007 at 21:47

I have noticed that my hard drives are resonating through my case quite a lot and creating an overall Hum... when i press lightly down on the top of the Hard drive, the hum stops - making the whole Pc way quieter.... is there any way i can reduce the vibrations of these Hard Drives?

swinnie · 4 Jun 2007 at 21:59

I remember a few weeks ago there being a HD Drive de hummer or something. Search the OcUK Website

rpstewart · 4 Jun 2007 at 22:20

FrannoBaz said:
I have noticed that my hard drives are resonating through my case quite a lot and creating an overall Hum... when i press lightly down on the top of the Hard drive, the hum stops - making the whole Pc way quieter.... is there any way i can reduce the vibrations of these Hard Drives?

The hum is down to the HDD making the case resonate. The easiest way to cure it is to decouple the HDD from the case either with vibration damping screws or by suspending it in two loops of bungee cord or elastic.

MikeHunt79 · 4 Jun 2007 at 22:28

rpstewart said:
The hum is down to the HDD making the case resonate. The easiest way to cure it is to decouple the HDD from the case either with vibration damping screws or by suspending it in two loops of bungee cord or elastic.

I've done this in my fileserver... works a treat. B&Q sell shock cord which is stretchy. I used that.

squiffy · 4 Jun 2007 at 22:32

I've used 5.25" mounting method but with lace, but it still seems to transfer vibration to the cage. Going to replace it with some elastic tomorrow.

Clarkey · 5 Jun 2007 at 02:10

I had those rubber vibration damping screws in my old antec case and they made no difference at all, the hum drove me insane.