Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric, Have you tried putting something like a folded towel under the drive to isolate it from the desk? Do you get mechanical noise or just excessive air movement? As a last resort you could get a long USB cable and put the drive in another room. A drive of that size probably has high RPM and needs all the cooling it can get. But thanks for the warning. I think I'll get 2 smaller drives rather than one big one. Len On Oct 26, 2006, at 10:09 PM, Eric Korenman wrote: > Ok - I know someone out there is thinking about getting Western > Digital's > "My Book Pro II" 1 terabyte drive. > > DO NOT BUY IT! > > I just received mine (under $500 from Newegg). > Good price. Very pretty package. A speedy USB/Firewire drive indeed. > > But once that cooling fans clicks on it is like having a hair dryer > on your > desktop. > It comes on after the first 20 minutes of use and stays on about as > long. > It is RIDICULOUSLY loud. It is not just my unit. Seems all of these > new > units are loud. > Another customer likened to a leaf blower! > It is a design flaw that Western Digital needs to solve. > I'm going to try to undervolt or replace the fan to reduce the noise. > > just thought I'd save someone the heartache. > > cheers, > Eric > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information