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Silencing a Hard Drive Using Household Items

Posted by kdawson on from the bread-olives-and-silence dept.

Reader Justblair recommends his blog entry detailing how he made a hard drive silencer for a pittance. "This article demonstrates a very easy-to-make hard drive silencer that not only outperforms most commercially available devices, but is cheaper to implement as well. Requiring very little in fabrication skills, it is an ideal addition to a media PC or HTPC. It may even suit you if your head is aching after many hours of being whined at by your hard drive."

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  1. Haven't read TFA by bcmm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it involve bludgeoning with any number of common household items?

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    1. Re:Haven't read TFA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Does it involve bludgeoning with any number of common household items?

      Only if you use reiserfs on the disk.

    2. Re:Haven't read TFA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      too soon.

  2. Re:i have never found hard drive noise a problem by tsjaikdus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, sulky, then apply this technology to your fans. Put them in a box, pour in a lot of cooling gel and voila.

  3. Re:i have never found hard drive noise a problem by deniable · · Score: 4, Funny

    Make sure you seal the box. It's the key to keeping fan noise down.

  4. Re:RTA, he does suspend them. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    He embeds them in gel and he suspends them with elastic.

    Kinky!

  5. Re:I don't mind a little bit of noise from a HDD by Wiseazz · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's a bit like a car engine - you know what your machine is supposed to sound like. When it doesn't, then you investigate.

    Unfortunately, my Xbox is apparently supposed to sound like an overloaded 747 during takeoff... (I work near a UPS hub - I can take a fresh comparison every half-hour or so during the day).

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  6. Re:RTA, he does suspend them. by The+Yuckinator · · Score: 4, Funny

    In a silent PC no one can hear you scream.

  7. Re:Solution by novakreo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or you could just buy some newer hard drives out there with high ariel density.

    So how many mermaids can they fit into a hard drive these days?

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  8. 403 Forbidden by houghi · · Score: 4, Funny

    So it seems that they just prohibit access to the drive.

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  9. Slashdotted - instructions below by MadCow42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. post story to slashdot
    2. watch server burst into flames
    3. apply fire extinguisher liberally
    4. enjoy perfectly quietened hard drive noises

    (there's no "profit" in there... I must've missed a step!)

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  10. Re:i have never found hard drive noise a problem by sbeckstead · · Score: 5, Funny

    >Larger slower fans are pretty much the key for noise to displacement ratio.

    Much easier to outrun but they do more damage if they catch you.

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  11. Re:i have never found hard drive noise a problem by Webs+101 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Grommets are always silent, but what starts to grate on me is the whining and grumbling from the Wallace.

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  12. Re:i have never found hard drive noise a problem by wolftone · · Score: 4, Funny

    I find quieting wife and kids with messy gels not only effective, but quite satisfying.