as a followup to my previous scorpio blue 500g 2.5 drive posts, I'm starting to see evidence that WD's quality control may be a bit off. The store was out of stock on the seagate momentus 500g so i got another (third) WD 500g blue 2.5. Turns out, the third WD drive didn't vibrate at all during use. ...

Since we're all talking about similar tweaking issues, I thought I'd share my experience: I've had two of the WD5000BEVT. Yes, they were quiet while running (other than the whoosh sound of alternating waves) but that was a minor standard drive activity noise to me compared to other manufacturers' se...