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<blockquote data-quote="dcwp" data-source="post: 400950" data-attributes="member: 25562">Sounds like you've got a good quality control tester.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; I don't have such an important mission, my wife and housemate both say the computer is quiet enough and they don't understand why I'm wasting so much time on silence.Thanks for the input on acoustical insulation.&nbsp; I'll look into it later, once I've solved as many problems as possible at the source.I've been experimenting with shock mounting today.&nbsp; It isn't pretty, but I've made a noticeable difference already.&nbsp; First I mounted my system drive in a couple of loops of elastic band (the kind in your underwear <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />).&nbsp; They're just looped through the 5&quot; drive bay and tied in knots.&nbsp; This has greatly reduced seek noise, but that drive is making a very loud high pitch bearing noise that won't go away until it's replaced.I also took my largest storage drive and rigged up a bungee cord suspension system.&nbsp; That was kind of a pain.&nbsp; For a big case, this sucker has a lot of structural elements in the wrong places and it could use tie-off areas in others.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />&nbsp; I finally screwed some cable clamps into the drive itself and rigged those up through whatever holes I could find.&nbsp; It looks like the top of the drive is touching a support in the picture, but there is about a 3mm gap there.This isn't perfect, but in all, seek noise is much lower and has a 'softer' quality now.&nbsp; Ultimately this is all a trial run for the switch to a larger, quieter disk.&nbsp; I'm trying to figure out if I can make the 500Gb Seagate I already have quiet enough to use with the new drive or if I should just switch to one.&nbsp; I think if i use the old drive for storage alone to minimize seek noise, it should be fine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dcwp, post: 400950, member: 25562"] Sounds like you've got a good quality control tester. ;) I don't have such an important mission, my wife and housemate both say the computer is quiet enough and they don't understand why I'm wasting so much time on silence. Thanks for the input on acoustical insulation. I'll look into it later, once I've solved as many problems as possible at the source. I've been experimenting with shock mounting today. It isn't pretty, but I've made a noticeable difference already. First I mounted my system drive in a couple of loops of elastic band (the kind in your underwear :D). They're just looped through the 5" drive bay and tied in knots. This has greatly reduced seek noise, but that drive is making a very loud high pitch bearing noise that won't go away until it's replaced. I also took my largest storage drive and rigged up a bungee cord suspension system. That was kind of a pain. For a big case, this sucker has a lot of structural elements in the wrong places and it could use tie-off areas in others. :rolleyes: I finally screwed some cable clamps into the drive itself and rigged those up through whatever holes I could find. It looks like the top of the drive is touching a support in the picture, but there is about a 3mm gap there. This isn't perfect, but in all, seek noise is much lower and has a 'softer' quality now. Ultimately this is all a trial run for the switch to a larger, quieter disk. I'm trying to figure out if I can make the 500Gb Seagate I already have quiet enough to use with the new drive or if I should just switch to one. I think if i use the old drive for storage alone to minimize seek noise, it should be fine. [/QUOTE]

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