Strange Harddrive noise, Is this normal?

pcdudedude · Oct 19, 2015

Brand new Hitchi Harddrive, Everytime it is reading or writing it makes this sound. Sounds exactly like the one in this video clip but it sounds a little louder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J09pWNQPK7U&feature=related

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http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag148/Jonhklien1234/hitachi1_zpsndnhk1lh.png

Dark Lord of Tech · Oct 19, 2015

Some are quite loud , some not so , I have WD Blacks and Seagate Barracudas , they make a little noise but not that loud.

That is normal.

reedo_43 · Oct 19, 2015

That sound is normal. Some drives are louder than others. You could isolate it slightly with some thin rubber washers if it bothers you.

blazorthon · Oct 19, 2015

Do you mean the whine from spinning or the scratching noise from the head coming into contact with the disks because its in open air?

The spinning noise is normal; you'll hear it the most from faster spinning drives (7.2krpm or higher).

pcdudedude · Oct 19, 2015

blazorthon :

scratching noise from the head coming into contact with the disks

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