Seagate Barracuda Extremely Loud And It Just Arrived!

elderMat7 · Apr 13, 2018

So my main wd blue is failing (constant windows messages, bad sectors, weird noises) I bought a Seagate Barracuda 1TB. I plugged it in aand it sounds like a lawn mower. My whole case is vibrating hard core from it! Tell me if its normal i will return it and will buy a wd red. I read that its quiet. Thanks in advance! :wahoo:

SkyNetRising · Apr 13, 2018

I'm afraid it's problem with your pc case. It doesn't have any vibration absorption.
What's the model name of your PC case?

elderMat7 · Apr 13, 2018

Oh boy.. Its Segotep Blade. I have free time and i can move my pc in my old case. Shall i do it?

SkyNetRising · Apr 13, 2018

Does your old case have HDD vibration absorption?
Whats the model name of your old case?

elderMat7 · Apr 13, 2018

It's really really infamous one. I think its german case as i got the pc originally from people who lived in Germany. Its called rombus but it doesnt come up in google dont waste your time its not those fancy Rhombus ones. This pc has been a struggle for me for a long time.. At this point i just wanna trash it. You can check my other threads too. Thanks for replying SkyNetRising

seagate_surfer · Apr 13, 2018

Hello nikomateev. After reading your post we wanted to share with you the Barracuda specs on acoustics and vibrations. Check point 2.9.5 and 2.10 on the document. The problem may lie elsewhere but you could always use our free Seatools software to check on the health and status of your drive and check out this video on HDD installation. Best of luck.

elderMat7 · Apr 13, 2018

I managed to get the noise to acceptable levels using some tiny rubber rings for around the screws. Im happy that you're here Seagate Surfer. You probably work for seagate right? The problem is that the hard drive vibrates so much it makes my case rattle like crazy. So even if i measure noise levels they wont be accurate. One more quetion.. I put my pc on sleep mode, after a while i wake it up the barracuda starts spinning for 3 seconds then stops. It turns on only when i shut down and i turn the pc back on (not a restart, shut down and power on) Will this occure when i make the drive my main boot drive? Because that would be stupid. Thanks Again

madmatt30 · Apr 13, 2018

The issue is your case not the hard drive.

Im not a massive fan of seagate & honeatly tend to buy Toshiba above all else nowadays.

However Ive used a mass amount of barracuda's over the years , still currently own 2 or 3 & can honestly say vibration has never ever been an issue.

The heads are slightly noisy under heavy use but no more so than a wd black.look at your case feet , the surface it's sitting on , or maybe your actual case itself for solutions.

madmatt30 · Apr 13, 2018

Your sleep issue ?? Thats down to windows power saving issues or maybe then power saving option for the drive in device manager.

Its not a hardware issue

seagate_surfer · Apr 13, 2018

Hello nikomateev. Yes, correct I am a Seagate rep. The problem you are experiencing seems to be more software related than hardware. Should not happen if you make it the primary boot drive but if it does happen, check power management settings. As a side note, vibrations can affect your HDD and render it useless so that needs to be taken care off because you do not want to run into a situation where you loose your valuable data.

elderMat7 · Apr 17, 2018

The drive turned out to be deffective, and i returned it. I wont go with anything fancy this time and will get a Wd blue just like my current one.

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