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    Is your hard drive quiet?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by hyperq, Mar 24, 2008.

  1. hyperq

    hyperq Notebook Consultant

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    I heard complaints about hard drive noise in T61. I heard it myself too, it was from a 1 month old 160GB 5400rpm drive in a T61 15" wide screen. The CPU and nVidia card are very quiet, but the hard drive noise is annoying. I can hear it in a quiet room. It is the white noise caused by spinning.

    If they are putting in crappy hard drives, I would rather pick my own hard drive.

    Is your hard drive quiet? If so, what is the brand and capacity?
     
    hyperq, Mar 24, 2008
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  2. Arki

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    I have a 60GB Hitachi 7200rpm and it's as quiet as a mouse. I bought mine back in August when they sold the 60GB.
     
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    Has your hard disc been subjected to a shock? That could throw the bearing out of balance and create that grinding noise. There is no realistic way to fix it other than replacing the drive.

    Both of my 5k160 and 7k200 are whisper quiet.
     
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  4. hyperq

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    The drive was like that since day one. My laptop didn't experience any shock. It is not that bad, but is clearly there in a quiet room. It is distracting.
     
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    What hard drive is it? What manufacturer? Seagate or Hitachi?
    I saw a notebook with a 5400 RPM Seagate HD and it is certainly louder than any Hitachi HD I heard..
     
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    Seagate lost an acoustic dampening patent dispute with Hitachi. Hitachi's are quiet. Seagate's are loud.
     
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  7. hyperq

    hyperq Notebook Consultant

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    The noisy hard drive is a Western Digital WD Scorpio.

    WD P/N: WD1600BEVS - 08RST2
    Lenovo P/N: 42T1016
    Size: 160GB 5400rpm
    Manufacture's Date: 25 Jan 2008
    Made in Thailand
     
    hyperq, Mar 24, 2008
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    Really??? I didn't even know that Lenovo used WD hard drives....Does it crackle too? Hitachi and Seagate have an annoying crackle...and that would bother me more than the sound coming from the rotation of the hd disc. (I am thinking of buying a Lenovo ThinkPad soon)
     
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  9. hyperq

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    The drive just has that "wind noise", nothing else is wrong with it.
     
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    I have a Hitachi 7200 RPM 100gb

    It was totally silent until I dropped it today.
     
    stupid_nut, Mar 25, 2008
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  11. hyperq

    hyperq Notebook Consultant

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    I saw it on another thread. My condolences. Actually, a 5400rpm drive is not that expensive. It is just a tad slower, yet generates a lot less heat. You can get a 5400rpm drive for not much money at all. I wouldn't recommend WD scorpio drives based on my experience.
     
    hyperq, Mar 25, 2008
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    My 7200rpm 160GB drive is virtually silent
     
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  13. hyperq

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    Do you know the brand and model of your quiet 7200rpm hard drive?
     
    hyperq, Mar 25, 2008
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    edit: wrong thread
     
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    My Hitachi 160Gb 5400 RPM HDD is very quiet - the only time I ever hear it is when there is pin-drop silence in my house (which is very rare!).
     
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    My t61 delivered yesterday has a 160gb Hatichi HTS7200. It is very quiet.
     
    rob65789, Mar 25, 2008
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    Both my 5400 RPM Seagate Momentus and WD Scorpio HDDs are whisper quiet.
     
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    Is the Samsung 320gb/5400 whisper quiet?
     
    richarddd, Mar 25, 2008
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    not sure what mine is.

    there is a little...windish noise. very low. dont even notice it.

    some clicks now and then. but. not really clicks. idk how to describe it. both are VERY faint though.
     
    Steggy, Mar 25, 2008
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  20. betty

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    I have a 120gb Hitachi. It is quite loud compared to other notebook hdd's I heard (or haven't heard). I'm itching to replace it with a 320gb WD, but I'm going to ride it out for another couple of years until capacities increase even more.

    do t61's take a sata 3.0? Is there a limit on size I wonder?
     
    betty, Mar 25, 2008
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