WD10EARS vs WD10EADS
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WD10EARS vs WD10EADS
Which is quieter?
I currently own a WD10EADS and am deeply annoyed by the bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz sound it makes occasionally when its idle. Unless WD10EARS doesn't have this issue, I plan on upgrading to it and sell off the EADS to someone who isn't noise fussy like I am.
I've been reading stuff about the EARS and head park issue or something. I plan on using this drive in Win7, and not linux. There any issues? Speed isn't very important for me. Reliability is #1. I do not want to lose data. Then comes noise.
Hope to hear some personal experiences. Thanks!
I currently own a WD10EADS and am deeply annoyed by the bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz sound it makes occasionally when its idle. Unless WD10EARS doesn't have this issue, I plan on upgrading to it and sell off the EADS to someone who isn't noise fussy like I am.
I've been reading stuff about the EARS and head park issue or something. I plan on using this drive in Win7, and not linux. There any issues? Speed isn't very important for me. Reliability is #1. I do not want to lose data. Then comes noise.
Hope to hear some personal experiences. Thanks!
buzz?
My WD 1.5 EARS is very silent.tqz wrote:My WD10EARS also makes a buzzing sound sometimes. I have no idea why. Does anyone know?
Don't know what OS you are running, but find some way to run
a SMART utility on your hard drive. Look for bad sectors, or
reallocations, or retries. Make sure you have a good backup.
WD green, man
I've had better long term success with WD vs Seagate, but everyone'sbiatche wrote:OK I am done with this damn drive. Suggestion for replacement?
are samsung's green quiet??
experience is different.
I am happy with my WD green drives.
Re: buzz?
The SMART values seem fine and I've run tests with Seatools and everything appears normal.joetekubi wrote:My WD 1.5 EARS is very silent.tqz wrote:My WD10EARS also makes a buzzing sound sometimes. I have no idea why. Does anyone know?
Don't know what OS you are running, but find some way to run
a SMART utility on your hard drive. Look for bad sectors, or
reallocations, or retries. Make sure you have a good backup.
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