very noisy latitude E6500

IIRC, I put some small bits of tape next to the fixing screw holes and maybe I put some on top. My intention is to have a layer of something softer between the two bits of metal when the screws are tightened.

In my case, it's difficult to be sure what difference it makes because the HDD is not very noisy and I don't have any scientific equipment for measuring sound.

John

 

wery helpful information, thank you!
but the disk touches metal on the other side too( the side which is closer to the keyboard and that you don't see when you open the bottom core of the laptop).
I may try to put some tape there also. My only concern is that it may impact the way the disk gets in the connectors, but I think that, considering that without tape there is some noticeable wobble( with the screws off, of course), when you put tape (even on both sides of the hard drive) there will not be any negative effects..

 

they sent a new 200 GB Seagate Momentus 7200.3 to replace the HDD. Unfortunalelly - the noise and the vibrationes sre even louder with it.this time with the notorious Momentus clicking...I inserted some electrical tape also - no result. I don't know what to do... I start thinking that all 7200 drives are like that.. but that's not what people claim..I can fell vibration even when i put my hand on the display lid when the display is open ..i have never imagined that a laptop can маке such high levels of noise and vibration...and in the BIOS is absolutly silent...

 

I bought a E6400 just a few days ago with the Western Digital 250 Gb 7200 rpm drive. It also seems very loud compared to a first-generation 7200-rpm Hitachi that I have in my old machine (and probably on par with a modern desktop).

Both the palmrests vibrate somewhat and it seems that it even makes my desk resonate somewhat. I've switched on the quiet mode in BIOS but it wasn't much help. I guess it will be going back to Dell...

 

Get the cheapest HDD that Dell offer and then drop in your own HDD.

I'm now using a WD5000BEVT in my E6400. It is both cool and quiet. I certainly cannot feel any vibration and need to be in a quiet room in order to hear it. It's only 5400rpm but has data transfer rates in the same range as the 7200rpm HDDs although the access time is fractionally slower.

John