Raptor grinding...

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 6:21 pm

Typical hard drive noise, but it's getting more pronounced. The Raptor used to be quiet, very little noise while working, but every time it does now, it's the loud grinding we've all heard. This thing dying or what?

Massa · Post by **Massa** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 7:06 pm

I doubt it.. unfortunately.. that is a characteristic of modern drives.. they get louder as they age. I doubt you have has one long enough to notice thus far but it happens. All my bosses raptors started to get loud after a few months .. they reach a point though and stay the same...

Nothing to worry about..

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:25 pm

Massa wrote:I doubt it.. unfortunately.. that is a characteristic of modern drives.. they get louder as they age. I doubt you have has one long enough to notice thus far but it happens. All my bosses raptors started to get loud after a few months .. they reach a point though and stay the same...

Nothing to worry about..

Not really worried, it's just that my Maxtor 7200 RPM SATA is virtually inaudible, even under heavy read/write load. Just opening a program causes the Raptor to grind loudly. It's getting irritating.

Massa · Post by **Massa** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:44 pm

Yeah... the Maxtor takes a while longer to get loud.. but what I have learned is that in the noise department.. no one can mess with Seagate.

Cypher · Post by **Cypher** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:07 pm

If it hasn't been said already cooling is critical to a healthy HD.
I'm sure you know that though. Try spacing them a bit more and re-evaluate your cooling. If it gets worse looks like an RMA will be in order.

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 2:19 am

What size is it? My 74Gig makes NO SOUND, but in my XP2500+ machine with a 36Gig it grinds like all get out... always has!

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 7:22 am

Burke, does that case you have it in have it mounted on rubber gromets?

I'm going on 2 years with my Raptor...still as nice sounding as day one, really only hear it on those rare times I'm powering up from a cold start.

Power Management set to never turn it off, right?

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:21 pm

Burke wrote:Typical hard drive noise, but it's getting more pronounced. The Raptor used to be quiet, very little noise while working, but every time it does now, it's the loud grinding we've all heard. This thing dying or what?

If it was originally quiet, and now it's not, seems like it is wearing prematurely to me. Or at least it's not performing as it was. 5 year warranty, RMA it.

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 2:52 pm

Burke wrote:Not really worried, it's just that my Maxtor 7200 RPM SATA is virtually inaudible, even under heavy read/write load. Just opening a program causes the Raptor to grind loudly. It's getting irritating.

you think that's bad you should try having 2 - 15k cheetahs 2 feet from your ears...they are fast but at a price of noise.

my raptor is the same way on my other machine...its in the same room that i sleep and sometime we miss a couple hours of folding while i sleep

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 3:52 pm

Massa wrote:I doubt it.. unfortunately.. that is a characteristic of modern drives.. they get louder as they age. I doubt you have has one long enough to notice thus far but it happens. All my bosses raptors started to get loud after a few months .. they reach a point though and stay the same...

Nothing to worry about..

My raptors make the same noise now as they did when I got them. The sound shouldnt change cuz it it does then something with the drives have changed.

Massa · Post by **Massa** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 1:54 am

I am not just saying that for a few drives. These are well cooled raptors.. and IDE drives. All of them get loud after a certain amount of use... (at least slightly louder than when they were first installed).