Noise from WD 120 8mb se

[ThatKrayzKiddo]

I just bought a new Western Digital WD1200JB Hard Drive and the operating noise is unbearable. I am using this drive as a secondary storage for video editing but the noise it makes is very loud. I was wondering if this is normal. The idle noise of the drive is louder than my pc with its 3 fans, cpu fan, and ps fan. All the hard drives I have ever used are quite quiet and I have read many things online syaing that it should not be noisy. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[elzt]

Most likely your HD has defect. It's still under warranty, right?

 

[Scotty35]

I have 4 of those hard drives and they are very quiet, I would say something is wrong with it. Try the Data Lifeguard Tools such as DLG diagnostic test found at the <A HREF="http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp#dlgtools" target="_new">Western Digital website</A> to test the drive, if it is faulty at all it should give you an error number to apply for RMA return to Western Digital.

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<b> From Western Digital:

These utilities are individual components that make up the Data Lifeguard Tools Ver. 10. They may be downloaded and extracted on systems running Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, and XP. However, the files contained in the zip files must be extracted and copied to a bootable floppy for use.
DLG Diagnostic
<A HREF="http://support.wdc.com/download/dlg/dlgdiag10.zip" target="_new">dlgdiag10.zip</A>
August, 2002
(172 KB)
The Diagnostics utility allows you to test the drive, print results for last drive tested, repair errors found during the Test Drive option and write zeros to the drive (low-level format). </b>
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Good luck!



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[Javic]

Another testimony to these drives being quiet. Have 14 of the WD SE drives, 9 of them being the 120GB's and they are all very quiet.

 

[dhlucke]

Mine is silent too. You should RMA yours.

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[ThatKrayzKiddo]

Yes the drive is definately still under warranty. The noise is very odd because its like a buzzing noise with a metallic sound to it. I'm going to run the diagnostics now. Thanks for the help