Latitude E6400 Owner's Lounge

The single platter drives may very well be quieter.

 

Actually... it's funny because it's not.
More platters makes the HDD slower(as well you have more platters), but it makes the drive motor add weight to it which vibrates less, lower to speed up at full speed (so no "tweeeiiiiissszzzz" sound when you turn on the computer that you can hear on some desktop HDD's).
Also the platters disturb the sound produce by themselves... making a lower frequency and not as loud sound compared to 1 platter.

 

Again, reasonable (that was my first presumption) but Seagate specs and reports here do not conclude this. I'm hearing here that 250 and 320GB Seagate drives with multiple platters and more heads are 'quiet' just like my single-platter drive.

GK

 

lol, i know what Hg is -- im a chemical engineer. just wondering why he thought he wouldnt have it if he had an LED. its more than just the lighting that has mercury on laptops.

 

Perhaps the 7200RPM builds are more likely to violate their spec by some percentage of them being noisey (although I doubt that since HDD are engineereed to very rigid specs), but I'm fairly certain you and I would agree on what is and what is not a noisey drive, particularly when my standard is, 'I can't hear it!'.

GK

 

Well, because after the search for AUO4047 panel (I think no one comes across this panel yet) and all 14.1 AUO panel, either AUO has 14.1" WXGA w/LED or AUO WXGA+ w/ CCFL.

veritas72 - I stand correct that there might be more than just the lighting that has mercury on laptops. It makes sense, but I still wonder about my backlight.

 

Reinstalled the BT drivers twice, WiFi drivers once. Looks like a hardware problem. Dell support it will be then.

Thanks, all.

 

yeah, it really sounds that way, otherwise someone else likely would've reported. those errors are pretty critical that you showed before.

 

you could crack it in half and see what comes out . lol, in all honesty, it isnt that hard to take the bezel off.


side note -- nice, just hit my 250th post. all because of this laptop series. this forum is really a great source of information.

 

I know that you know... but I was speaking generally, so that if someone ask... well it's answered. I am just trying to keep things understandable for all.