Re: PRIMARY HARD DRIVE RUMBLE

Look in the bios, if the motherboard has a speed fan control the bios normally(look under power options main or a submenu) also would contain settings to autodetect/enable/disable monitoring for cpu temperature, motherboard temperature, and fan speed settings. Fan speed settings may also have an option to vary the fan speed as a function of full speed based on a hardware characteristics.
Some OEM supplied motherboards even though similar in brand to retail mobos do not have this feature(excluded or wires not connected etc).

..winston

"Sam" <samnewsgrp71@REMOVE THISsbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:dtMxh.7944$O02.2156@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: Thanks very much for your reply. I should have noted that I periodically
: run the HD Tune program and so far, have not seen any problems with the
: primary or secondary HDs. As to the recommended Speed Fan program, not long
: ago I read somewhere on the internet that older Dell mother boards would not
: provide such values as temperatures, etc.. However, I will go ahead and
: install the Speed Fan program and see what it provides. I should note that
: weekly I am accomplishing a full primary partition image backup and critical
: data files backup as well. Thanks again, Sam.
:
:
: "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
: news:eFamG6VSHHA.2228@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: > Drives require a "Firm/Tight" mounting in the cage or bracket. Most
: > modern drives are very quiet and don't have much in the way access
: > noise. Many drives offer Acoustical settings ( a trade off between
: > speed and noise ) but the option varies depending on which vendor
: > drive you have.
: > All that being said any "Noticeable" noise from a hard drive is cause
: > for concern. You probably should get a tool that will allow you to
: > check the SMART statistics on the drive. Speed Fan 4.31 will show
: > you this information if your motherboard/drive supports it.
: > http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php
:
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