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HarryHWombat · Oct 22, 2001, 04:43 AM

Hi,

Should this be -- my new external LaCie Firewire HD continuously sounds like a train going through a tunnel (ok, not that bad but very very annoying)even when no reading or writing is going on. I expected it to be dead quiet except when it was in use.

Am I expecting too much?

Is there some sort of quiet/sleep mode it can be put into?

hHw

Immortal K-Mart Employee · Oct 22, 2001, 07:42 AM

Originally posted by HarryHWombat:
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Is there some sort of quiet/sleep mode it can be put into?

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It is fairly quite when you put it back in the box and return it.
LaCie's doesn't seem to care about loud fans and noise.

BlaKaT · Oct 22, 2001, 08:41 AM

most drives with fans are pretty noisy, I have a Sarotech Flexx case, it's not to noisy, well my G4 is noisier. if you want really silent get one of the clearlight 2.5'' drives they are nice.

HarryHWombat · Oct 22, 2001, 08:45 AM

Thx for the advice guys ... it was me being naive after all

hHw