Hi there, Any luck on silencing your NEC drive? I have one of these too - running on linux. I have noticed that its only noisy when playing back video from a DVD-R - its pretty quiet playing from a factory pressed DVD. Interested to find out if you get a firmware solution because most other tools ar...

Hi all, I have sucessfully decoupled my harddisk using about £2 worth of general hardware. I went to local DIY shop and bought a pack of misc rubber washers (contained 3 x 2 pairs at 3 different sizes) I also bought some 3mm bolts, nuts and quite wide washers. I un-screwed the top HDD metal plate an...