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Hard drive makes some noises somethimes.

May 27, 2013 3:28AM PDT

hey, i was wonder if its normal for a 7200 rpm hard drive to make noise. You can usually hear it any were in the room it does not do it a lot but you can definitely hear it when it does. It is less than 6 months old, and there are 2 operating systems running on it. I runs really really fast.

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Very normal.
May 27, 2013 3:34AM PDT

Usually this question pops up as folk get a new PC. "It sounds different."

You can improve this with better mounting of the drive. I found years ago that putting a 3.5 inch drive in a plastic adapter to a 5.25 inch bay to really cut the noise levels.
Bob

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Noises
May 27, 2013 3:42AM PDT

Flat out some HDs are very quiet and what noise you do hear are "whirrr" or slight "ac-changs" during seeks, but overall still very low. During intense operation it maybe slightly noisier. Take this all with a grain of salt, because sometimes what you really hear is the "resonance" that metal-to-metal contact makes when too tighten or loose mounting. This is common in desktop operation to have some noise. However, you gave "NO DETAILS" of your setup, so any answer could vary. If it now more noisier than when you 1st had it installed, then it maybe R/W to an area of the HD which allows more resonance to travel easier but it still falls into wear&tear of operation, expect some noise. Also, don't mistake HD for fan noise, that can happen too.

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