HDD Noise

brummie · 26 Jan 2010 at 09:48

Need some experienced help here if you can.
I have two new hard drives that emits a constant hum when running and i need to quieten them down. having looked at the plethera of products on offer i cant seem to find which is best. Has anyone got any experience with these products and could steer me in the right direction?

bought and tried these and 2 other similar products and they are not good enough

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-051-AK&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=1670

brummie · 26 Jan 2010 at 10:35

I've tried the rubber washers and grommets with very little effect. Thats why i went and bought the bigger rubber bay converter types. This is why i'm asking for experiences as i wasting so much money trying so many different products out

Thanks for your input though. oh and all my drives run AHCI.

brummie · 26 Jan 2010 at 10:47

Me too as they are driving me mad. thought it may be just the case design but I've even tried them in another case and just loose with the same problem.

brummie · 26 Jan 2010 at 12:13

mmm good idea with the bungee. Know where it can be obtained from?

Drive is 3.5" sata x2 but will be adding another soon which puts me off the drive enclosure as it will work out really expensive. I didnt set a budget until i saw the price of them

brummie · 26 Jan 2010 at 18:05

Gonna give it a go thanks.
Actually inspired me to try come up with a better design. (dragons den??)