Rubber washers for hardrive. Eclipse62

Dreamcaster · 4 Oct 2006 at 13:43

Anyone recommend some rubber washers that would fit an eclipse62 hdd rack to help silence the drive?

Edit- picked up some gromments that fit the drive cage perfect. Cant belive the difference it makes tbh, drive is now silent!

squiffy · 4 Oct 2006 at 13:46

MTB bicycle inner tube, use a old one and that'll do around 20+ hard drives. Cut into strips height & length of HD side,Cheap and it works. (need to put one strip in first, align screwhole up then screw through the rubber) then put in other strip and screw that in.

allllec · 4 Oct 2006 at 18:38

squiffy said:
MTB bicycle inner tube, use a old one and that'll do around 20+ hard drives. Cut into strips height & length of HD side,Cheap and it works. (need to put one strip in first, align screwhole up then screw through the rubber) then put in other strip and screw that in.

Agreed =) works a charm

james32 · 4 Oct 2006 at 19:16

i going use shinetsu tube on hard discs
this turns into a rubber compound
leaves no marks once scraped back of.

Jaap74 · 4 Oct 2006 at 23:16

I have the same case and am a lazy person... where can I buy some rubber mounting grommets ??

james32 · 4 Oct 2006 at 23:45

Jaap74 said:
I have the same case and am a lazy person... where can I buy some rubber mounting grommets ??

that would be hard because the akassa doesnt have round holes
on the drive cages to fit grommits, (there slanty).

i tried with taking 1s from a thermaltake tsunami but would have to drill
bigger holes so left it.

Dreamcaster · 5 Oct 2006 at 16:48

I ended up using rubber grommets in the end. works great

djphatic · 23 Feb 2007 at 11:35

Dreamcaster said:
Anyone recommend some rubber washers that would fit an eclipse62 hdd rack to help silence the drive?

Edit- picked up some gromments that fit the drive cage perfect. Cant belive the difference it makes tbh, drive is now silent!

Hi

Where could I find the grommits you used, as im also looking for some?

Dreamcaster · 23 Feb 2007 at 15:42

You can find them in Car parts stores and electrical

djphatic · 23 Feb 2007 at 15:59

any particular size or name i should look out for?

geff_r · 23 Feb 2007 at 17:45

I needed fan mounts so i got the nexus pack one comes with grommets
but i'll be using those on the dvdrw and scythe hdd 5.25 anti vibration adapters
on the hdd's.They are useless though there isnt enough room to even squeeze a grommet in there is impossible.I think the inner tube is the only way to go on this one ah well another £20 odd down the pan.

djphatic · 24 Feb 2007 at 18:58

geff_r said:
I needed fan mounts so i got the nexus pack one comes with grommets
but i'll be using those on the dvdrw and scythe hdd 5.25 anti vibration adapters
on the hdd's.They are useless though there isnt enough room to even squeeze a grommet in there is impossible.I think the inner tube is the only way to go on this one ah well another £20 odd down the pan.

perhaps the rubber on the outside of the hdd case, where the screw heads are is enough to have an affect, rather than having rubber in between the hard drive and cage? Not sure? Anyone?

Tom84 · 24 Feb 2007 at 19:05

djphatic said:
perhaps the rubber on the outside of the hdd case, where the screw heads are is enough to have an affect, rather than having rubber in between the hard drive and cage? Not sure? Anyone?

Well i added some grommets to my rig this morning and although it was a very tight fit i managed to fit both my HDD's in. Unbelievable difference in sound as those above have already said.

geff_r · 24 Feb 2007 at 20:34

How did you get the grommets in there there is less than a 1mm gap between
hd and bay

Tom84 · 24 Feb 2007 at 20:54

geff_r said:
How did you get the grommets in there there is less than a 1mm gap between
hd and bay

Like i said it was a very tight fit

geff_r · 24 Feb 2007 at 20:57

I can't believe this im jealous of your grommets.

Dreamcaster · 24 Feb 2007 at 21:47

geff_r said:
How did you get the grommets in there there is less than a 1mm gap between
hd and bay

You put the grommets in the larger holes and then fasten them in tightly with a screw. Fit great

geff_r · 24 Feb 2007 at 22:12

well i cant do that on mine theres simply no room to jam them in the hd is flush against the sides.

Tom84 · 24 Feb 2007 at 22:24

geff_r said:
well i cant do that on mine theres simply no room to jam them in the hd is flush against the sides.

Just jimmy it in

Seriously it does work

Dreamcaster · 24 Feb 2007 at 23:39

It will just slip in, you will get the hang of it