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    How come the loudest device in my 1330 is the HDD?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ahuneeu1, Aug 31, 2008.

  1. ahuneeu1

    ahuneeu1 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi guys:

    I recently got a 1330. Undervolted and everything it rocks, a lot of battery life (more than 3 hours) and the fan is very rarely on.

    However, the loudest part is my seagate momentum 200 gb 7200 rpm hdd. Is this normal? I went for the 7200 for the extra speed but i would kind of regret if this drive is naturally this loud...

    thanks for the info
     
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    ahuneeu1 Notebook Consultant

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    hmmm anyone????
     
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    rsatmans Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey you have a few options. Try this first you can go into the bios basically hit F2 when the computer boots and go to performance settings and under harddrive change from bypass to quiet. Another option is to download notebook hardware control and change the acoustic options.
     
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