- Feb 11, 2016
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This is a brand new Seagate Barracuda 3TB and it makes this constant... I don't really know how to describe sound, it's like pipes in an old house's plumbing system, that kind of hissing you might sometimes hear from a refrigerator, or when someone is running an old tap.
If you tilt your ear towards it it also makes a constant whine and a slight buzz. When screwed into the case all these sounds are magnified. But it also makes them just holding it in my hand away from the case, so it's not any vibration that's causing this.
It spins all the time, even though it's not a system drive.
I can't find any actual fault with it. It seems to be working fine, and all tests come back good, but the noise is giving me headaches. Is the noise alone enough to RMA it? And how much of this is normal? I don't recall my last HDD sounding anything like this, it barely made a sound at all.
If you tilt your ear towards it it also makes a constant whine and a slight buzz. When screwed into the case all these sounds are magnified. But it also makes them just holding it in my hand away from the case, so it's not any vibration that's causing this.
It spins all the time, even though it's not a system drive.
I can't find any actual fault with it. It seems to be working fine, and all tests come back good, but the noise is giving me headaches. Is the noise alone enough to RMA it? And how much of this is normal? I don't recall my last HDD sounding anything like this, it barely made a sound at all.
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