Maxtor Plus9 SATA drive noise

Hi,


I have a 80gb one of these drives. How much noise should I expect them to
make? It just seems like it makes a hell of a lot of noise. Does the case
make a considerable difference? I only have another CDRW in the drive rack
with it.


Anyone?

Shane.

I should mention that the Noise I am hearding is the head movement, not the
spinning

I am sitting here infront of a dell pc, and u cant hear it at all. No fans,
nothing.....!!!


Does the case make such a difference? I wanted a quiet pc!! So I built my
own, but i think the window on the side makes quite a bit of noise.

Shane

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 14:53:02 +0100, "sm25" wrote:

Hi,


I have a 80gb one of these drives. How much noise should I expect them to
make? It just seems like it makes a hell of a lot of noise. Does the case
make a considerable difference? I only have another CDRW in the drive rack
with it.


Anyone?

Shane.


If the case uses thin metal or has part(s) vibrating, then yes the
case make noise.

You might try using the Maxtor Acoustic Management utility, it will
quiet the seek noise. It comes on CD or floppy with retail drives or
is available for download from Maxtor's website.
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/setacm.htm


Dave