[ltp] Re: New hard disk for X31?

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:43:49 -0400

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Michael wrote:

>Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV wrote:
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>>I don't notice any more fan activity with the Seagate than with the old
>>IBM drive - it still stays off unless the processor runs full speed for
>>a while (editing and re-encoding video, for instance).  But the original
>>IBM drive was certainly *not* inaudible in my X31.
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>What was your original drive? Mine was an IBM/Hitachi 40 GB. The spin noise
>of it is really inaudible except from a very very close distance. The
>access sounds are much louder, but they don?t disturb me very much.
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>>I don't notice much in the way of case vibration with the Seagate, but I
>>*can* hear it.  Doesn't bother me, though, since most of the time it's
>>well under the level of the background noise in my office.
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>What about, when you are out of your noisy (?) office? How loud do you feel
>is your new drive when the environment is absolutely quiet? Is the spinning
>sound high level frequency or rather low frequency? Do you hear it from 1 m
>distance, from 10m distance? 
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>Thanks for the info. The seagate looks promising. I found some reports on it
>in the internet.
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I hope that you have better luck than I have had.
I bought a Seagate 40G and yes, it is quiet, but is is as slow as a slug.
Slower at 5400 than the 4200 that it replaced.
I think that it must be retrying on reads but I don't think that I can 
send it
back for that reason.
I do wish I could though.

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>Michael
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Michael wrote:<br>
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  <pre wrap="">Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV wrote:

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    <pre wrap="">I don't notice any more fan activity with the Seagate than with the old
IBM drive - it still stays off unless the processor runs full speed for
a while (editing and re-encoding video, for instance).  But the original
IBM drive was certainly *not* inaudible in my X31.

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What was your original drive? Mine was an IBM/Hitachi 40 GB. The spin noise
of it is really inaudible except from a very very close distance. The
access sounds are much louder, but they don?t disturb me very much.

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    <pre wrap="">I don't notice much in the way of case vibration with the Seagate, but I
*can* hear it.  Doesn't bother me, though, since most of the time it's
well under the level of the background noise in my office.

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What about, when you are out of your noisy (?) office? How loud do you feel
is your new drive when the environment is absolutely quiet? Is the spinning
sound high level frequency or rather low frequency? Do you hear it from 1 m
distance, from 10m distance? 

Thanks for the info. The seagate looks promising. I found some reports on it
in the internet.</pre>
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I hope that you have better luck than I have had. 
I bought a Seagate 40G and yes, it is quiet, but is is as slow as a
slug. 
Slower at 5400 than the 4200 that it replaced. 
I think that it must be retrying on reads but I don't think that I can
send it 
back for that reason. 
I do wish I could though. 
 
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Michael

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