Hard drive noise? I recently bought this laptop and was wondering if anyone else hears excessive hard drive noise?
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I also just bought the laptop and I am hearing this weird clicking sounds constantly! I called tech support and they said it was part of the HDD Protection Settings, so I turned it off and the noise stopped briefly but came back. I think I will have to call again because this is noisier than the 2007 laptop I had before. If it doesn't stop I will return the laptop.
589892
I have 5 in my system, I cannot hear them at all. Not at boot up, not when transferring, not when drives wake from idle -- just dead silent. And my pc is a near silent system, running Noctua fans under volted at around 700 rpms, so it's not producing fan noise that might muffle hdd noise.
960696
I have the drive sitting next to the computer on my desk less than two feet away from where I sit and i hear nothing.Hope this helps. Have a good day.
1733010
Your desktop 8 mm. case fan makes several times the noise of this HD; hard drives don't have cooling fans, only electro-magnetics which move the "reada/write" arms (usually 7 or 8) approximately 3 inches back and forth in a complete vacuum. The only noise is the rotation of the electric motor driving the discs at 7200 rpm and the electromagnetic moving each "finger" seeking the data or program requested. Hope that helps; total db noise should be less than 3.
190800
hi. i was wondering how upgrading the hard drive went for you cuz i was thinking of doing it. also, did u buy ur hard drive off of ifixit's website if you did and does making imporvement dissuade any warranty on the laptop? thanx.
537163
Hard drives do make noises occasionally, and that's perfectly normal. However, if it's very loud or constant, it could be a problem. If it only makes the noise when it's reading data (when you open files), it's most likely normal seek noise and nothing to worry about. To ease your mind, you could use a free software like HDTune (free trial, at least) to test your hard drive and read SMART values to make sure your drive is healthy.
625080
Many of these 'nrtbooks' make that sound. Some are just louder than others. For me, that sound does not bother me as much as fan noise. That will make it or break it for me. But I know the 'ticking' on and off can get annoying too.
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I have the larger model. I have cooked White and GABA brown on this. It is not very loud. There is a low hum while it is cooking/prepping from the internal fan, which sounds like my laptop when it isn't working very hard.If yours sounds like a grinding noise I would suspect that either something is in your fan causing it to grind, or you otherwise have a faulty fan. I don't think there are other components in there which are capable of making loud noises. Unless there is some process of induction cooking for which I am unaware that might cause this.
1519007
It sounds like a small desktop. So its relative to the surrounding environment. If you have only have a fan-less laptop you will notice when its running.
76219
Does anyone who installed windows 8 have trouble with a very loud fan noise? I contacted acer support about the fan noise and they said windows 8 might be the problem.
1613911
I've found the fan noise to be similar to other ultrabook-style laptops if I'm using it intensively. It's not excessively loud, but it is noticeable, especially if you're sensitive to higher frequency noises.
687088
Not silent and not near silent; key clicks are audible and about the same as my laptop......
172744
It was OK not at annoying, just the normal background buzz. But I lost the drive pretty quickly and since I use Linux instead of windows I just replaced both the drive and windows with a new blank 1Tb SSD drive from amazon ($50) - there is absolutely no sound at all! And it is much faster sans windows.
632287
I have heard of this issue in ASUS laptops, but have not experienced any kind of Drive failures in mine. Though Ive only had mine for a little over a year now. Sorry to hear about that, hopefully you can recover the data.
1241199
The laptop is fairly quiet general. When doing light tasks like email and MS Office work it is very quiet. It isn't silent but I wouldn't consider it loud as normal office/home noise will easily drown it out. When working on more demanding tasks the cooling fan kicks in and the noise is a bit more noticeable. Really at no point have I thought the noise excessive or distracting.
1695925
I haven't noticed any extra noise. My computer is very quiet most of the time. Only every so often does it make a surging sound for a few seconds, and that's usually only when I'm doing something like rendering a big CG animation.
784001
It is a little louder than most other laptops I've dealt with, but it's not something many people would notice. It seems the more you use it the quieter it gets.