Very Very weird HDD vibrations in Define R4

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  1. Posts : 3,487
    Win 7 Pro x64/Win 10 Pro x64 dual boot
       #11

    sisrace said:
    Britton30 said:
    Take the HDD out as a test and see if the sound remains. you can put it next to your ear as well. A HDD should have a steady hum with a little read/write head sound.
    Yes i took my second drive out, the sound stopped, i put both of my drives in the removable harddrive cage with a piece of rolled up paper between the drives, i also put the 140MM fan next to the drives s they are nice and cool, now i bearly hear the computer, though i think i know why my old drive is making this weird noise, its automaticly spinning down when its not used and its maybe not working the way it should so it spins up, then spins down, after ideling for about an hour the drive shuts down and when transfering data from it then it starts at 12MB/s and climbes up rapidly and the noise also climbes rapidly, I still have the weird noise left though but its bearly hearable, i hear the computer then the "sound" fades of and i no longer hear the computer at al
    The drive could have a bearing problem and might be starting to go. At the very least, you might want to archive that drive's data somewhere in case it fails.
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  2. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #12

    I too suspect the "noisy" drive is on its last legs and could ail at any time.
    Check in Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Power Options\Edit Plan Settings, Change advanced Power Settings under Hard Disk. Make sure it is set to Never power down.
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  3. Posts : 474
    Windows 10 64Bit
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       #13

    Mellon Head said:
    sisrace said:
    Britton30 said:
    Take the HDD out as a test and see if the sound remains. you can put it next to your ear as well. A HDD should have a steady hum with a little read/write head sound.
    Yes i took my second drive out, the sound stopped, i put both of my drives in the removable harddrive cage with a piece of rolled up paper between the drives, i also put the 140MM fan next to the drives s they are nice and cool, now i bearly hear the computer, though i think i know why my old drive is making this weird noise, its automaticly spinning down when its not used and its maybe not working the way it should so it spins up, then spins down, after ideling for about an hour the drive shuts down and when transfering data from it then it starts at 12MB/s and climbes up rapidly and the noise also climbes rapidly, I still have the weird noise left though but its bearly hearable, i hear the computer then the "sound" fades of and i no longer hear the computer at al
    The drive could have a bearing problem and might be starting to go. At the very least, you might want to archive that drive's data somewhere in case it fails.
    Data recovery is no problem its only a recording drive to the files only stays for like 2 days, so i write, read, and delete very often so its nothing that im affraid of loosing, And well.. the harddrive is about 4 years old but i dont whant it to fail, i need that drive
    But if it fails in the future i will get a 500gb sshd or just a regular hdd with around 500gb . depends on the prizes, if they are godd i might get a 1tb drive, but if the drive can whitstand another year i would be very happy
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  4. Posts : 474
    Windows 10 64Bit
    Thread Starter
       #14

    Britton30 said:
    I too suspect the "noisy" drive is on its last legs and could ail at any time.
    Check in Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Power Options\Edit Plan Settings, Change advanced Power Settings under Hard Disk. Make sure it is set to Never power down.
    i dont want it to never power down i rearly use the drive exept from when im recording otherwise i whant it to shut down becouse then my computer becomes completely silent, i only use the drive while recording and rendering/editing footage
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  5. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #15

    Ok, I see, you must be one of those who is very easily annoyed by even the smallest sound? My machines would drive you nuts then, I don't mind the quiet hum of 6-8 fans or a HDD thumping along in their work. :)

    You can still try the Never power down to confirm it is that drive? I'm OCD about having things happen quickly and not waiting for a drive to spin up.
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  6. Posts : 474
    Windows 10 64Bit
    Thread Starter
       #16

    Britton30 said:
    Ok, I see, you must be one of those who is very easily annoyed by even the smallest sound? My machines would drive you nuts then, I don't mind the quiet hum of 6-8 fans or a HDD thumping along in their work. :)

    You can still try the Never power down to confirm it is that drive? I'm OCD about having things happen quickly and not waiting for a drive to spin up.
    Well. i can live with a computer with a constant noise, but its when the computer gives random noises that isnt constant that it drives me insane, but now i have a silent computer with an harddrive that gives out random annoying noises all the time
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  7. Posts : 1,846
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64, & Mac OS X 10.9.2
       #17

    my nzxt phantom case has 9 fans currently installed with them all set high on the speed controller ^_^ nothing a pair of noise cancelling headphones cant fix lol. it also acts like a radiator under my desk blowing out a nice stream of warm air lol
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  8. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #18

    Sisrace I would recommend you replace the drive soon as possible. The prices here in the US at least, have dropped back to normal.
    The type which will power off on its own may be helpful for your application.
    Newegg.com - Computer Hardware, Hard Drives, Internal Hard Drives, All Desktop Hard Drives, IntelliPower
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  9. Posts : 474
    Windows 10 64Bit
    Thread Starter
       #19

    Britton30 said:
    Sisrace I would recommend you replace the drive soon as possible. The prices here in the US at least, have dropped back to normal.
    The type which will power off on its own may be helpful for your application.
    Newegg.com - Computer Hardware, Hard Drives, Internal Hard Drives, All Desktop Hard Drives, IntelliPower
    Well, im thinking of another sshd on like 1tb or 500gb becouse i love the speed of thoose things and they are amazing for regording, but it also would be very helpful with like a green drive that spins down... so i can have my computer silent becouse sure i have some crazy noise cancelling headphones but i only use them while recording becouse its a lot more comfy with just using the speakers..
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  10. Posts : 2
    Windows 7
       #20

    I know this thread is old but i have had this Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB hard for i believe 5-6 years and since day one it had this strong fading vibration noise. Just like you explained in your first post it slowly fades in, lasts 3-4 seconds, and slowly fades out again, 1-2 secs later and it fades in again.
    I've used computer cases which totally couldn't handle these vibration and maked the noise 10x worse.
    I've learned to live with the noise but just now i wanted to see if this is actual normal behavior for a hard drive and what the cause of this weird fading is but this is seemingly the only thing i could find in google about this "issue". Furthermore besides these weird vibrations over the course of using this hard drive for 5-6 years daily i've never had any other problem with this drive.

    Btw just noticed you also were talking about a 500GB hard drive, also a Western Digital by any chance?
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