WD Black HDD Sounds?

[Toy Machine]

I got a WD Black and it is unnerving with a constant clicking and a startup sound that makes me want to cringe(Seriously, it sounds like it is grinding away at the drive). I have been told that this is normal operation for WD Black and Gold drives are even worse/louder than this. It is also currently amplified by the fact that the case is bare/metal plastic with zero seals to dampen/contain the sound so I hear ti even through my closed back headies.

Anybody have experience with this and can give your opinion.

TIA

 

[Andrew_Smith]

7200RPM right?

Pretty sure that my friend has one in his PC. Quite loud but normal since it is a faster HDD.

In fact, when it is spinning, you can feel the vibration on my table.

I for one would never get an HDD for my build again anytime soon.

 

[Toy Machine]

Mine is literally a constant though. it's a grindy sound when you start the PC up, but even at idle there is this thump sort of sound every 2/3 seconds.

Indeed it is 7200rpm. I'm simply not used to an HDD making an audible thump constantly. All my drives beforehand has been silent except for the disk itself spinning, this is not that xD

 

[mikewazar]

how healthy is the disk? age or factory fault could lead to things like this.

 

[Toy Machine]

I believe around 5-7 years it seems.

I do not mind the clicking if the drives are healthy, because reports are at 100%. But getting used to it will take a while if I cannot dampen the sound down. And I want to make sure before returning if I am still unsettled with the experience of them.

 

[mikewazar]

Sounds like this then mate: Click click click

Could maybe exercise warranty?
or DIY with some rubber spacers and foam dampening

 

[Ballbreaker]

yeah i'm using a WD black 1tb 7200rpm and its as noisy as fuck clickity clacks constantly

 

[Toy Machine]

yeah i'm using a WD black 1tb 7200rpm and its as noisy as fuck clickity clacks constantly

If i can dampen even the resonance through the chassis I am ok with it, but then I have to find some kind of foam that's like 0.5mm thick to not misaligned the screw holes to the point where you cannot screw in anymore.

 

[AinsleyHarriott]

Seems like HDD manufacturers really want people to switch to SSDs.

 

[Ballbreaker]

the weird thing is i have two of them and one was made for macs which has a apple logo on it and that one make no noise whatsoever so 🤷‍♂️

 

[mikewazar]

have u tried putting an apple sticker on the noisy one?

 

[PsyWulf]

have u tried putting an apple sticker on the noisy one?

Instantly tripled value right there

Sent from my F1 using Tapatalk

 

[mikewazar]

apple resale market is also good, you could make a few bucks

 

[solz]

If you need some logos might have from my old iPad still...

They tend to get worse the older they get

 

[Toy Machine]

If you need some logos might have from my old iPad still...

They tend to get worse the older they get

I'll stake you up on that offer, It might just also add the value of their security from the apple eco system.
Only one thing, I'm not paying $1000 for the fucken sticker. $999 and you got a deal

 

[solz]

I'll stake you up on that offer, It might just also add the value of their security from the apple eco system.
Only one thing, I'm not paying $1000 for the fucken sticker. $999 and you got a deal

Let me check tomorrow if I find it and will send that invoice minus the $1

 

[PsyWulf]

Let me check tomorrow if I find it and will send that invoice minus the $1

Shrewd negotiator

 

[Toy Machine]

Shrewd negotiator

His response times are abysmal, it's like he doesn't even want my money.

 

[PsyWulf]

His response times are abysmal, it's like he doesn't even want my money.

Scammer likely

 

[Toy Machine]

I think so too. Will add to not to deal with list immediately.

 

[PsyWulf]

I think so too. Will add to not to deal with list immediately.

Definitely,unless he can settle for a 50% deposit

 

[Toy Machine]

Definitely,unless he can settle for a 50% deposit

Only if he ships first to test then pay.

 

[solz]

lol, sorry guys forgot about this thread and never checked if i still had them.
but let me know if you still want them...found 1 still in my iPad box

will give you 100% discount, you just pay shipping

 

[Toy Machine]

lol, sorry guys forgot about this thread and never checked if i still had them.
but let me know if you still want them...found 1 still in my iPad box

will give you 100% discount, you just pay shipping

How's about 50/50 on shipping? 🤣

 

[solz]

mmm sounds very tempting, but i just don't want us to share the risk of someone stealing the log as its already missing a bite

 

[Toy Machine]

I'll get insurance on shipping, I know they cover second hand logs.

 

[goldfritter]

Steering back into tech support territory here - do you have any monitoring software open that looks at the drive? When I have HWINFO64 open it constantly "pings" the drive to get its read/write speed and activity, which causes it to spin up and click along. So I disabled all sensors related to the drive.

In theory if nothing is using the drive then after 15-30 minutes it should go to sleep? Or is that not a thing with all drives?

Random aside, I still have a VERY old WD Raptor 10 000RPM drive lying around (the one with the window on top so you could watch the needle dancing around on the platter). Now that thing is loud.

 

[Toy Machine]

It writes constantly at the few moments staring at it, between 0-2 MB/s. Why wouldn't it shut down after no usage? I do not have any apps running on it, it is purely for file storage so I only pull off it when using certain applications.

I disabled monitoring so I will see what happens in a bit if it stops pinging, as the write sound was in sync with the ping.

 

[Toy Machine]

It still ticking even after stopping the monitoring in HWinfo. I do not have any other monitoring software in use either so I do not know what it could be xD