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WD Caviar black noise
- Thread starter sujnoj
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Sujnoj,
Download this from WD:
http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=502&sid=3&lang=en
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I have 2 wd blacks that make this clicking sound you are referring to when the drive is transferring massive files. I believe it should be normal since I have had no issues and had the drives for over 3 years.
Just tested the drive, passed as expected.
I actually don't mind the sound, but seeing as most modern HDDs are relatively silent I was a bit concerned.
It gives my comp an "old school" sound
Yeah it reminds me of the older macintosh hard drives. They always had a neat chime to them lol. My 1TB Caviar Black makes noticeable noise. It's just the design, and hopefully why it is the black edition, speed > sound. My raptor makes the same noises, sometimes even louder, so you're probably fine.
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I have a couple of WD 1TB Black faex Sata3/6.0gps drives, both noisy. I used a utility called hdtune pro and stopped the noise. It slowed the drives down just a hair but stopped the noise and they have worked great for over a year now. Frankly they were louder than my fans, which I have 5. Slowing the drives did not affect performance as it was less than 5% but did silence them. Haven't heard clicking since using the utility.
Quite a few comments on Newegg about the noise these drives make.
Quite a few comments on Newegg about the noise these drives make.
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