Seagate 7200.10's are noisiest drives EVER!

wjfcomputers · 11 Nov 2006 at 22:07

Dutch777 said:
I purchased a 250gb 7200.10 from Overclockers last week,

Guess what I got the naff one and it aint no very slight high pitch whine its a really loud annoying High pitch Whine

Drive info as below

Date Code : 07125
Firmware : 3.AAE
Site Code : WU
Product of China

Took it out the computer cant be doing with it

I also had to take mine out. What a waste of money.

Chong Warrior · 12 Nov 2006 at 16:21

Took the Seagate out and put my two older SATA drives (maxtor 250gb Diamondmax 10 and IBM 160gb Deskstar) back in and all is peacefull again.

Taking the Seagate back for a full refund. Truly shocking drive and the fact Seagate have allowed these drives to be sold and not recalled them when there's such an obvious problem leaves a lot to be desired. :mad:

Chong Warrior · 12 Nov 2006 at 16:23

Stayed up late last night playing Oblivion on the xbox360, PC is upstairs and I left it on downloading. I could hear the droning noise from Seagate drive while I was playing!! That's how bad it is.

At first I thought my Xbox was making the noise as I've had some problems with it when I play Oblivion. It was only when I turned the 360 off that I realized it was coming from my PC. Shocking.

5tephen · 12 Nov 2006 at 16:30

Turns out the two 320Gb seagate 7200.10's I got delivered last week are both "certified refurbished" models according to the stickers on them...that would look good if I'm putting them in someone else's system.
Oh wait. I am putting them in someone else's system...

Chong Warrior · 12 Nov 2006 at 16:33

^^ how come? did you buy them 2nd hand?

5tephen · 12 Nov 2006 at 17:11

Chong Warrior said:
^^ how come? did you buy them 2nd hand?

Nope - bought them off this site.

Chong Warrior · 12 Nov 2006 at 17:20

So they sold you two refurbished hard drives?

smids · 12 Nov 2006 at 17:22

Chong Warrior said:
Took the Seagate out and put my two older SATA drives (maxtor 250gb Diamondmax 10 and IBM 160gb Deskstar) back in and all is peacefull again.

Taking the Seagate back for a full refund. Truly shocking drive and the fact Seagate have allowed these drives to be sold and not recalled them when there's such an obvious problem leaves a lot to be desired.

I don't get it... they drive works perfectly but is a noisy and yet Seagate need to recall it? Sorry, that makes no sense. They don't sell the drives as being silent, they sell them as drives and the fact they work as such negates any need for a recall.

Participant · 12 Nov 2006 at 17:43

Chong Warrior said:
So they sold you two refurbished hard drives?

No great surprise tbh after all the stories I've heard.

5tephen · 12 Nov 2006 at 18:06

Chong Warrior said:
So they sold you two refurbished hard drives?

On both, it says "Certified Repaired HDD" near the top of the sticker on the drive.

Chong Warrior · 12 Nov 2006 at 18:10

smids said:
I don't get it... they drive works perfectly but is a noisy and yet Seagate need to recall it? Sorry, that makes no sense. They don't sell the drives as being silent, they sell them as drives and the fact they work as such negates any need for a recall.

Trust me, if you bought this drive you wouldn't be very happy. It's defective in my opinion because it's impossible to live with. I can hear the damn thing from another room!!

If all their drives sounded like this they'd very quickly be out of business and that's a fact. There's a problem with this hard-drive, another fact.

Why are you such a fan anyway? Got shares in them?

Or did you get a normal non-defective drive?

kmistry · 12 Nov 2006 at 20:22

I bought a 7200.10 250Gb one and at first I thought the HDD was SOOOOO noisy. But for some reason it has quietened down and now I cant even hear it! So I don't know what's going on tbh but I'm just happy that it's silent. Sorry you got a noisy drive perhaps it is a dud :confused:

Kiz

eternity · 12 Nov 2006 at 20:25

Mine makes a horrible high pitched whistle sound also, also seems to vibrate more than any other HD I've used.

Its fast, but I think I'm going to purchase a sammy drive next for silence.

smids · 12 Nov 2006 at 20:41

Chong Warrior said:
Trust me, if you bought this drive you wouldn't be very happy. It's defective in my opinion because it's impossible to live with. I can hear the damn thing from another room!!

If all their drives sounded like this they'd very quickly be out of business and that's a fact. There's a problem with this hard-drive, another fact.

Why are you such a fan anyway? Got shares in them?

Or did you get a normal non-defective drive?

No-one hears drives in a server, so I doubt that. They invented the 3.5" drive and are the largest HDU manufacturer, so no they wouldn't be out of business.

I do own lots of Seagates, including a medalist (10 years old and going strong) and all of mine have been quiet and excellent.

What I disagree with, is your perpetual rant in all threads about Seagate drives. The 7200.10 is THE fastest 7200rpm drive out there bar none. It is unrivaled virtually except for Raptors. The drive is only noisy, not failed or anything so I can't see the huuge complaint. If it is that noisy, then perhaps there IS something wrong with it because you should never be able to hear a hard drive in another room.

Chong Warrior · 12 Nov 2006 at 21:16

kmistry said:
I bought a 7200.10 250Gb one and at first I thought the HDD was SOOOOO noisy. But for some reason it has quietened down and now I cant even hear it! So I don't know what's going on tbh but I'm just happy that it's silent. Sorry you got a noisy drive perhaps it is a dud

Kiz

Interesting yours has quietened down. This is the 2nd drive I've had, I took the first one back after having it just for a day. Thought I'd give this 2nd one more of a chance?? not sure what I was expecting it to do lol!

2 duds? both with green glue, the one that many other people are complaining about. I feel it's no coincidence

smids said:
No-one hears drives in a server, so I doubt that. They invented the 3.5" drive and are the largest HDU manufacturer, so no they wouldn't be out of business.

I do own lots of Seagates, including a medalist (10 years old and going strong) and all of mine have been quiet and excellent.

What I disagree with, is your perpetual rant in all threads about Seagate drives. The 7200.10 is THE fastest 7200rpm drive out there bar none. It is unrivaled virtually except for Raptors. The drive is only noisy, not failed or anything so I can't see the huuge complaint. If it is that noisy, then perhaps there IS something wrong with it because you should never be able to hear a hard drive in another room.

I'm sorry but your posts just smack of fanboy.

I'm glad you're happy with all your Seagates. I've got one and it's terrible and I bought it on the back of many recommendations from people like you. Get this. When someone wants to buy a new hard-drive or whatever, sites like this are a good start to see what's popular and what's reliable, etc.
I heard nothing bad about these 7200.10's until I'd already bought one and really looked for signs of trouble. I think it only right to let people know that these drives have a problem, a big one.

This problem is made even worse by the fact it's deniable. Your post earlier is something I'd expect to hear from Seagate customer services about how the drive works, they don't advertise it as silent, etc. They can actually say this, the shop I bought this drive from could say it tomorrow when I return it, then what? sell it on to some other poor soul? :rolleyes:

I think it only right other people should be warned that they may get lumbered with an expensive paper weight.

Do you really believe that it's perfectly ok for a company to sell a hard-drive that emits a loud, constant whine because they don't advertise their drives as silent?
You don't seem to understand that I'm not complaining about being able to hear it when it's seeking/ reading/ writing or whatever. I can live with any of that. This noise is either through a design fault and has since been revised and fixed or I've been incredibly unlucky and had 2x dodgy drives. I suspect the first one as I'm not the only one am I?

smids said:
What I disagree with, is your perpetual rant in all threads about Seagate drives.

What are you talking about? :confused:

smids · 12 Nov 2006 at 21:58

Chong Warrior said:
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I think it only right other people should be warned that they may get lumbered with an expensive paper weight.

Do you really believe that it's perfectly ok for a company to sell a hard-drive that emits a loud, constant whine because they don't advertise their drives as silent?
You don't seem to understand that I'm not complaining about being able to hear it when it's seeking/ reading/ writing or whatever. I can live with any of that. This noise is either through a design fault and has since been revised and fixed or I've been incredibly unlucky and had 2x dodgy drives. I suspect the first one as I'm not the only one am I?

What are you talking about?

Not a fanboy, though I am sure you would like very much to believe I am one. I own far more Hitachi Deskstar drives (7 presently) than Seagates (3 presently) and not one of those has failed and they are all very fast. The Seagate 7200.10 series is just THE FASTEST 7200rpm drive out there bar none - hence the reason it is held in such high regard. The only 'fault' on these drives is the motor and that is limited to those with the first revision. Now, the only reason I have chosen to comment is because you have made a blanket generalised statement which is not true. If you had said 'some...' I would have made no comment. It was only this that I wished to clarify, as Nelly also did earlier in the thread.

Also owned 7 WD's, and 1 Maxtor, 1 Quantum, 1 Fujitsu and 2 IBM just FYI.

It is not a design fault - it is the motor. The first batches were built using a motor which was revised. The first were noisy, the newest are silent. Of course they didn't exactly short stock the noisy ones, hence the reason we still see them but that revision of motor has been replaced. If you get two from the same place, then go somewhere else which has the silent motor.

The point you seem to be missing that I am making - you still have the fastest and best 7200rpm hard drive out there at the moment (as do I). The fact that it is not silent does not mean it is not the best 7200rpm hard drive out there. It makes it a loud drive, which in itself is subjective. I won't comment further on this anyway.

Peg · 17 Nov 2006 at 18:52

I have just bought a 250 gig from Overclockers and it is whisper quiet. I ordered it before this thread was started and after reading this was a bit worried about using one but when I installed it I was relieved to find it was very quiet.

Massive Attack · 18 Nov 2006 at 09:39

i just got my 320gb one from a competitor and it came with the GREEN "noisy" motor but imo its totally silent in my case, i have an 80gb 7200.10 with the pink motor and t sounds just the same as the green, yeah there is some slight niose during seek but that happens on any disk, great drives imo

martin9887 · 19 Nov 2006 at 11:51

I was going to get one of these for my new system, are they that noisy? as I sometimes leave my pc on at night for downloading or making disc's etc, I dont want to have whiny pc :/. Thanks.

What ones have OcUK got in stock? (noisy ones or quiet ones) Thanks.

Massive Attack · 19 Nov 2006 at 12:38

martin9887 said:
I was going to get one of these for my new system, are they that noisy? as I sometimes leave my pc on at night for downloading or making disc's etc, I dont want to have whiny pc :/. Thanks.

What ones have OcUK got in stock? (noisy ones or quiet ones) Thanks.

green ones which are the "noisy" ones apparently