Suspend a Scythe Silent Drive?

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mo786
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Suspend a Scythe Silent Drive?

Post by mo786 » Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:19 pm

Anyone done it? Its so big that I will struggle to suspend it in my cage!

What sort of elastic did you use and how did you go about it? - pic if possible

Thanks!

andaca

Post by andaca » Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:21 pm

?

im using foam. it works great.

mo786
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Post by mo786 » Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:51 pm

I have some foam - tough and soft

I find that the vibrations carry through from the Scythe to the case (and causes a lot more nosie - so if the Sycthe goes into the case it will have to be suspended or something.

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Post by vg30et » Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:08 am

I suspended my Scythe silent drive in P180's lower cage using some leftover automotive silicone tubing and the P180's drive rails. Basically sandwiched the silicone tubing between the drive rails and the silent drive enclosure, looped the tubing thru holes above the lower drive cage and tied a dead knot. It isn't the most visually appealing solution but it works great - my Seagate 7200.10's are virtually silent now.

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Post by sgtspiff » Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:53 am

I'll bump this thread with a specific quiet drive question.

The inner aluminium 'box' that's closest to the harddrive. Is there any possibilities to mount the harddrive soft in it?
With some rubber rings or something else?

Or will this just prevent the 'system' to work properly?

If possible this would be soft mounting the hdd in the soft mounted Scythe.

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Post by nici » Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:31 am

Yes its possible with a lot of work, and no there is no point in doing that. In addition to probably not improving noise reduction one bit, it would prevent heat from being conducted properly. Im hungry.

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