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In article <42pihi$omk@wup-gate.wup.de>, Andreas Klemm <andreas@wup.de> wrote:
>Bill Dieckmann (dieckw@gate.net) wrote:
>: Interesting how different folks rate the same drives quiet or loud. 
>
>You're so right. After 2 weeks I don't feel disturbed by my Grand Prix
>drive. Other drives may be more quiet, but then have another "feature"
> ...  like the Micropolis 4GB Harddrive, which has a relatively high
>pitched noise during normal run (not seeking), as a friend of mine
>told me ;-) Perhaps we really have to look at the dB's ;-))

My Grand Prix had an incredibly loud, ear-piercing high-pitched noise
during normal run, plus an incredibly loud, low-frequency droning
during normal run (which turned into an even louder buzzing if the case
came in contact with anything it could vibrate against).  The seeking
noises were very loud too, but that didn't bother me nearly as much
as the constant noises.

The Barracuda I replaced it with is virtually silent in comparison.
The Barracuda is an internal drive, whereas the Grand Prix was an 
external (in a pretty heavy all-metal zero-footprint case).  I'd be 
willing to believe that the way the drive was mounted could affect 
the low-frequency noise, but I'd have trouble believing that that 
ear-piercing high-frequency noise could be stopped by anything
less than about a foot of solid concrete :-)  I had the Grand Prix
on a shelf under my desk, completely surrounded by the biggest manuals
and books I could find, and the noise was still very disturbing.


--
Steve Kanefsky