I just noticed after say 5 hours running if the pc ramps down to idle, when the fans drop to circa 300rpm I can just hear a very slight underlying noise ... Its very quiet like a click, click, click. As soon as the pc does some work and the fans ramp up, it either goes away or is drowned out.
I am not sure if its a fan playing up and clicking at low revs, or the new hdd
Its hard to isolate this noise, as one has to run the pc for a long time - hours, and then undo each fan in turn, and then the hdd.
I just wondered if this was normal with a 3.5" hdd.
I have another HGST just arrive so will fit that too to compare, but wonder if this noise ( if its the HDD is acceptable) or should it be totally silent.
Note I did have a 2.5" HDD fail on me and that had a very distict CLICK CLICK NOISE . This is much quieter
NB The Deskstar NAS 4TB is 7,200 rpm.
Any advice appreciated
I am not sure if its a fan playing up and clicking at low revs, or the new hdd
Its hard to isolate this noise, as one has to run the pc for a long time - hours, and then undo each fan in turn, and then the hdd.
I just wondered if this was normal with a 3.5" hdd.
I have another HGST just arrive so will fit that too to compare, but wonder if this noise ( if its the HDD is acceptable) or should it be totally silent.
Note I did have a 2.5" HDD fail on me and that had a very distict CLICK CLICK NOISE . This is much quieter
NB The Deskstar NAS 4TB is 7,200 rpm.
Any advice appreciated
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