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    HDD is too noisy

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by GRZ530, Jan 30, 2007.

  1. GRZ530

    GRZ530 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi
    I have just bought M100 laptop for 2 week
    At first time,the sound of hdd is soft,i almost can't hear anything when idle
    but now the sound is always noise whenever idle or fullload.I tried to turn of most of hard-working app such as Lime-Wire,flashget,WMP.... but the result is not changed.What should i do :confused:

    I know that using windows means hdd must be run.However,running so noisy is unacceptable,especially brand new hdd like that,my pc Samsung hdd even run soft than this :confused:
     
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    What make / model of HDD? - Device Manager will give this info. Some manufacturers have utilities where you can balance noise with performance.

    John
     
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  3. GRZ530

    GRZ530 Notebook Consultant

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    I not sure but i guess Hitachi
     

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  4. John Ratsey

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    Yes, it is Hitachi.

    I suggest you try the Feature Tool here to adjust the acoustic management.

    John
     
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    zolo Notebook Evangelist

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    What defrag program do you use? some defrag programs run in the background by default and they tend to make all these noises when running, like diskeeper.
     
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    GRZ530 Notebook Consultant

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    nope,i didn't use defrag prg for a long time
    i just use firefox,Yahoo Messenger,some background app come w/ laptop,
    I even disable some services but there are the app named "svchost.exe" which used 22 mb of total ram used.

    @John Ratsey: I will report the result later.thx
     

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    Most of them require floopy disk in order to run :confused:
    There is only Power Booster is available
     
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    You can use this iso file to create a bootable CD of Feature Tool.

    John
     
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