Re: Notebook Harddrive Noise

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I have tried using a 40GB Hitachi in my Toshiba Tecra 8200 which made alot
of intermittent noises, and went back to the original 20GB Toshiba drive
which was the best, what model of Hitachi are you referring too?



"aus" <aus@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uT4EXqpUFHA.3436@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> All seagates are noisy - they whine on their own from time to time but
> they are probably the most reliable in my experience. I even complained to
> Seagate Tech support but they were too stupied to know what I was talking
> about.
>
> The Hitachi 5000 rpm units are the quietest - no noise. I have installed a
> couple of new IBM Thinkpad R51s recently and these are silent and use
> Hitachi (formerly IBM) drives.
>
>
> Clayton wrote:
>> I have just brought the Seagate 100GB notebook drive and it makes more
>> noise acessing data that my Fujitisu did but hasn't made that 15 -20
>> second clicking noise which I guess is a bonus.
>>
>> I have just installed the drive and will let you know how it goes over
>> the next day or so.
>>
>>
>> "Rube" <dont@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OV3ZdLZUFHA.1508@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>My HD light does flash every minute or so, even when idle, but I can't
>>>hear
>>>anything. I can't hear anything when its thrashing away either. The drive
>>>is
>>>also brand new and my experience shows that after 2-3 years, bearings
>>>wear
>>>out & the drive motor starts to be audible, even on the quietest drives.
>>>
>>>"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>news:e65LRhOUFHA.584@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>>Can you notice any noises when the system is idle?
>>>>
>>>>"Rube" <dont@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>news:%23IAzJONUFHA.1152@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>>Seagate's new momentus drives are very quiet. I have to put my ear to
>>>>>my
>>>>>laptop to even hear if its spinning.
>>>>>
>>>>>"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>>news:ObswqfCUFHA.584@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>>>I am trying to find a notebook harddrive without idle noise, it's
>>>
>>>driving
>>>
>>>>>me
>>>>>
>>>>>>crazy, it does it every 30 seconds or so, is there a way to stop this
>>>>>>without turning the computer off?
>>>>>>The drive is a Fujitsu MHT2080AH
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>

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