Seagate 7200.10's are noisiest drives EVER!

esoteric · 27 Feb 2007 at 14:24

I have two 250's and cant hear a thing, pink glue, but then on any of my PC's over the last 10 years ive never heard a HD.

Christo · 27 Feb 2007 at 16:04

I received my 320gb 7200.10 today with green glue - dissapointed its fast yes, but makes a low hum as described in this thread and not good for my silent setup.

peetee · 28 Feb 2007 at 19:04

5tephen said:
Got my 7200.10 in an Icy Box just a couple of days ago...I can barely hear it when it's sitting on my desk 3 feet away. I can hear it read and write, obviously, but it's a 'nice' sound if there's a such thing. I'm spoiled compared to the 7200.8 it replaced - didn't realise just how noisy it was until I got the .10.

the ticking sound? like so you know its alive? like the old maxtors used to make? probably the new ones too?
God mine makes that noise its SO annoying

Aelred89 · 1 Mar 2007 at 23:12

Received my 250GB 7200.10 today... completely clear glue and unfortunately its a noisy one

I'm ringing OC tomorrow to see about a replacement. Does anyone know if they accept a noisy drive as a valid reason to return?

quantumisation · 1 Mar 2007 at 23:54

so are all the 1s from ocuk clear/green or is it just completly random? does anyone have clear/green 1s which arent noisy?

CF93 · 2 Mar 2007 at 09:21

danoliver1 said:
My seagate 320.10 is silent cannot hear it accessing at all.
my maxtor on the other hand sounds like a cat playing a wash board

Same.

Though in all fairness, the drive does feel like it vibrates more than either my Maxtor or Hitachi's from which I can't feel any vibration at all, but it's quiet in comparison.

(320Gb version with pink glue

)

[edit] Actually, could anyone do me a favour and try holding the drive when you turn it on, then try it with a different make and see if they notice the same thing? Just wondered if it's just my drive, as I've never felt any drive vibrate as much! Ta [/edit]

GreenThu)v(b · 2 Mar 2007 at 11:28

i got a 250gb version from ocuk on the 25th feb. I got the pink glue and its quiet as

Souness · 2 Mar 2007 at 17:32

What are my chances of bagging a noisy drive?

Sweetloaf · 2 Mar 2007 at 17:58

Souness said:
What are my chances of bagging a noisy drive?

50/50

Hope that helps.

quantumisation · 2 Mar 2007 at 20:18

ive got a saturday delivery coming tomorrow with 2 320gb 7200.10 drives. I'll let you know how i got on, based on the last guys comments i have a 75% chance of getting a noisy drive so we'll see

xgeek · 2 Mar 2007 at 22:25

I ordered 2 x 250GB and 1 x 500GB from OcUK last week and they are all pink glue.

snow patrol · 2 Mar 2007 at 23:59

i have a seagate 320gig and the noise is fine. Not even sure what colour the ink is or whatever.

However - what jumper position should i have to be getting the max speed out of it? What's the deal with all that?

Ice Tea · 3 Mar 2007 at 02:41

greenish glue and made in china.

Would that be one of the noisy ones ?

quantumisation · 3 Mar 2007 at 09:31

seems im in a good position to say whether the glue makes a difference or not..i have 2 delivered. 1 is green and from china the other is pink and from thailand. I expect the colour just relates to the place it was manufactured (maybe china ran out of pink glue) and has no bearing on the noise, when my computers running ill let you know

GFX707 · 3 Mar 2007 at 13:31

Chong Warrior said:
My case is an Antec Sonata and the drives are on rubber grommets. I wouldn't like to hear how loud they'd be in a normal case

I have the SLK3000B which has those rubber grommets and I have to say I found that case noisier than a cheap case for hearing the hard drives. If you mount two hard drives in the supposedly noise reducing rubber grommet bay you can hear the frequencies overlapping....throb.....throb....throb. The whole case resonates from the small amount of fans in there if you have the front plastic door at anything other than just a tiny bit open, waste of time if you ask me, unless you can afford the P150/180.

On the other hand I went from a Western Digital 800BB (noisiest drive ever, loud metallic whine) to a Seagate 7200.7 (silent) so I hope yours is just a defect because I hoped I could just get Seagates forever and they'd be quiet.

GraemeUK · 4 Mar 2007 at 09:54

quantumisation said:
seems im in a good position to say whether the glue makes a difference or not..i have 2 delivered. 1 is green and from china the other is pink and from thailand. I expect the colour just relates to the place it was manufactured (maybe china ran out of pink glue) and has no bearing on the noise, when my computers running ill let you know

Any update mate?

Aelred89 · 4 Mar 2007 at 13:11

I've just ordered a WD 500GB AAKS, comes on tomorrow so i'll let you all know how it compares to my 7200.10 (clear glue) when i have it up and running :rolleyes:

I have an RMA number for my 7200.10 for a refund so if the WD is silent then i shall be shipping the 7200 back

GraemeUK · 4 Mar 2007 at 14:54

I have just been to my local pc shop and bought the 320gb Barracuda with the pink glue - see below.

Made in Thailand with pink glue.

Will let you's know how I get on....

Ice Tea · 5 Mar 2007 at 02:18

That looks like a printer label that been added to the antistatic bag after manufacture wonder why the computer shop would do that ?

I was told that the label for the noisy Thailand drives where on the spindle next to the glue.

smids · 5 Mar 2007 at 07:22

Ice Tea said:
That looks like a printer label that been added to the antistatic bag after manufacture wonder why the computer shop would do that ?

I was told that the label for the noisy Thailand drives where on the spindle next to the glue.

I've had that too on my recently bought one... not here though. Might be Seagate doing it.