HDD Vibrations

PureAppleJuice · 3 May 2008 at 23:47

Is there anything I can buy that can stop the noise of a hard drive spinning up/down resonating in my case that causes a vibration sound?

Cheers,

fobose · 3 May 2008 at 23:50

You could mount them in 5.25" bays using a "Scythe hard drive stabilizer". I mounted my two very loud, noisy seagate 7200.9 drives in them and it considerably reduced the seek noise and stopped my case from vibrating.

I can still hear them but the sound is not so noticable and doesn't annoy me any more

Not bad for £4.50 each!

rpstewart · 4 May 2008 at 12:04

Bungee mounting

Dutch Guy · 5 May 2008 at 15:15

rpstewart said:
Bungee mounting

That is also what I did, my two drives are mounted in a 5,25" bay sandwiched between trouser elastics, there is zero vibration.

Do not use rubber elastic as that degrades over time.

plasticmekon · 6 May 2008 at 16:48

Bear in mind though that some hard drives like metal on metal contact with the case they sit in, particularly Seagate 7200.10s! They get what I think is officially known as '******* hot' of they don't have metal contact to conduct the heat away.

Netvyper · 6 May 2008 at 17:20

I've got a sharkoon hdd mount with my raptor sat in it. Its noticeably quieter than being screwed into the case, but also noticeably hotter... almost too hot