my head hurts , loud pc
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hard drive whirring up and down? i hope not lol. could be the cpu fan if its plugged into the motherboard - is your heatsink clean/mounted correctly ect. could be the psu fan - is the air coming out the back abnormally hot?
james.miller said:
It's not likely to be the drive itself which is spinning up and down but simply the vibration transmitted to the case. My old WD SE's used to drive me up the wall doing this
porkrind said:
Unplug every fan. Then start it. Then turn off and unplug the hdd and start it. If still causing the problem then take PSU out of case (plug back in) and try that. Don't forget that motherboards and gfx cards also have fans which can cause resonance.
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hmmm. put your pc under load and stick your ear next to the psu.
yeah i know what you mean, as if the case is pulsating almost. it's hard to tell just what sound his pc is making lol
Hades said:It's not likely to be the drive itself which is spinning up and down but simply the vibration transmitted to the case. My old WD SE's used to drive me up the wall doing this
yeah i know what you mean, as if the case is pulsating almost. it's hard to tell just what sound his pc is making lol
porkrind said:
You need to isolate it from the case. If it's the case resonating it wouldn't hurt to damp the panels with some acoustic material too - in fact that may be enough.
The drive itself can be enclosed in something like a Silentmaxx which both reduces drive noise & isolates it from the case by fixing through rubber mounts into a 5.25" drive bay - or you could just suspend the drive using bungee chord to stop the vibration transmitting to the chassis.
www.silentpcreview.com can tell you all you need to know about this kind of thing and more if you're interested.
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