Vista - Thermaltake Noise Dampening Kit A2384

My harddrive is making high pitch sound could a damage IDE cable cause this
to happen. I unplugged the harddrive select F1 for bios option and the high
pitch sound is gone. I'm thinking of getting a Thermaltake Noise Dampening
Kit A2384 for my case to reduce the noise will this work for the high pitch
sound from harddrive or vibration from the case or will the high pitch noise
exit out from the rear fan, intake fan and power supply.

"GT" <GT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My harddrive is making high pitch sound could a damage IDE cable cause
> this
> to happen. I unplugged the harddrive select F1 for bios option and the
> high
> pitch sound is gone.


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Of course the sound is gone when the drive is not operating. You expected
some other outcome? No, it's not the cable - it's the drive.
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I'm thinking of getting a Thermaltake Noise Dampening
> Kit A2384 for my case to reduce the noise will this work for the high
> pitch
> sound from harddrive or vibration from the case or will the high pitch
> noise
> exit out from the rear fan, intake fan and power supply.


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The sound of the drive is dependent upon the drives RPM. The higher the RPM
the higher the drives pitch - same as with cooling fans.

You can not dampen this sound 100% unless you build another enclosure around
the computer itself. You will always get some of the sound, although it will
be lessened somewhat.
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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

"GT" <GT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3291C797-9A0E-4D49-B7AE-A720DEB387C6@microsoft.com...
> My harddrive is making high pitch sound could a damage IDE cable cause
> this
> to happen. I unplugged the harddrive select F1 for bios option and the
> high
> pitch sound is gone. I'm thinking of getting a Thermaltake Noise Dampening
> Kit A2384 for my case to reduce the noise will this work for the high
> pitch
> sound from harddrive or vibration from the case or will the high pitch
> noise
> exit out from the rear fan, intake fan and power supply.


In general, hard drives that make unusual noises are on the way to the HD
graveyard.
Back up any valuable data stored on that drive immediately, then go to the
drive manufacturer's web site, download and run their diagnostic software to
see if it detects an impending failure.