What material to stand a case on to stop vibrations

lordrobs · 27 May 2008 at 16:18

Just a quick question.

Just set up my PC again and whilst in the room its in the sound is fine, just your average PC fan noise, downstairs directly underneath it there is a really annoying noise.

The noise just resonates in a wwwuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRrrrrrr.............wwwwuuuUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRrrrrrrr.......... sound and seing as its directly above my sofa its a tad annoying :mad:

Putting it directly on the floor or on the shelf on my desk makes little difference so is there anything I can stand it on to help stop the vibration travelling through the floor?

TIA.

aproctor · 27 May 2008 at 16:33

carpet,rug,foam, sound proofing, turn fan speed down, rubber o rings around hdd mounts etc

melbourne720 · 27 May 2008 at 16:50

carpet or doormat should do the trick.

Deluxe1 · 27 May 2008 at 16:57

I just ordered some acoustifeet for my case to try and cut out the vibrations.

robbi187 · 27 May 2008 at 16:59

Are you sure its not your washing machine? or your Mrs?

lewism · 27 May 2008 at 17:00

peice of extra carpet or a small rug.

Visage · 27 May 2008 at 17:01

lordrobs said:
Just a quick question.

Just set up my PC again and whilst in the room its in the sound is fine, just your average PC fan noise, downstairs directly underneath it there is a really annoying noise.

The noise just resonates in a wwwuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRrrrrrr.............wwwwuuuUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRrrrrrrr.......... sound and seing as its directly above my sofa its a tad annoying

Putting it directly on the floor or on the shelf on my desk makes little difference so is there anything I can stand it on to help stop the vibration travelling through the floor?

TIA.

Jelly.

PhillyDee · 27 May 2008 at 17:32

Visage said:
Jelly.

Yes, but what flavour . . . .
tch, only half an answer . . . . :mad:

I found putting a plastic 12" rule under 1 foot was a good temp measure (No pun intended!)

-Exodus- · 27 May 2008 at 17:36

i used the self-adhesive felt pads that you're suppose to put on like the bottom of chairs/tables etc. does the trick nicely

Ethics · 27 May 2008 at 17:46

Some neoprene rubber should do it too

lordrobs · 27 May 2008 at 18:02

Plenty of options for me to try, thanks

Are you sure its not your washing machine? or your Mrs?

Nah, the sound she makes is more like- whiiiiiiinge......whiiiiiiiiinge.....whiiiiiiiiiiiine......naaaaaaaaaaag

Logic Zero · 27 May 2008 at 18:07

Mouse mat!

FatRakoon · 28 May 2008 at 03:08

Blue-Tac

Usee it for many things including fan / Drive Vibros and it works a treat

-Exodus- · 28 May 2008 at 10:48

FatRakoon said:
Blue-Tac

Usee it for many things including fan / Drive Vibros and it works a treat

never thought of that, that's a good idea

memyselfandi · 28 May 2008 at 12:15

I'm having the same issue with my server at the moment, (to the extent that next door were complaining). Have some blue tack to try a few things next weekend, (it's a older stacker case and I think its the 4-in-3 drive bays vibrating causing my issue).

Also check for loose floorboards as I know that was making my issue worse.

lordrobs · 28 May 2008 at 14:28

Well, felt pads didn't work. Next step is to try a blob of blue tac under each corner of the case.

memyselfandi · 29 May 2008 at 21:19

Had a look at my issue earlier this evening. Unfortunately scientific method went out the window so I'm not sure which of these fixed/reduced the problem but they are things you can try ...

1). Server is now sitting on 4-5 layers of small bubble bubble-wrap to act to isolate it from the surface its standing on.

2). I rechecked the internals of the case. I don't know about your case but with mine the devices in the bays are clipped in by sprung plastic retainers. These, it turns out, were not really holding things firmly and a few additional screws made things a lot tighter.

I suspect that the second of these things probably helped the most so I'd suggest checking your case internals for anything loose which could allow things to vibrate against each other.