WD10EARS vs WD10EADS

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biatche
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WD10EARS vs WD10EADS

Post by biatche » Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:04 pm

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!

tqz
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Post by tqz » Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:57 am

My WD10EARS also makes a buzzing sound sometimes. I have no idea why. Does anyone know?

biatche
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Post by biatche » Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:50 pm

OK I am done with this damn drive. Suggestion for replacement?

are samsung's green quiet??

joetekubi
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buzz?

Post by joetekubi » Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:36 am

tqz wrote:My WD10EARS also makes a buzzing sound sometimes. I have no idea why. Does anyone know?
My WD 1.5 EARS is very silent.
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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WD green, man

Post by joetekubi » Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:39 am

biatche wrote:OK I am done with this damn drive. Suggestion for replacement?

are samsung's green quiet??
I've had better long term success with WD vs Seagate, but everyone's
experience is different.
I am happy with my WD green drives.

tqz
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Re: buzz?

Post by tqz » Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:45 pm

joetekubi wrote:
tqz wrote:My WD10EARS also makes a buzzing sound sometimes. I have no idea why. Does anyone know?
My WD 1.5 EARS is very silent.
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.
The SMART values seem fine and I've run tests with Seatools and everything appears normal.

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Post by Vicotnik » Sat Jul 24, 2010 3:30 am

In my experience many HDDs of various manufacturers sometimes does things when idle. I think it's some kind of self calibration. It can be annoying at times but I don't think it's a cause for concern.

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Post by Das_Saunamies » Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:05 pm

I sleep next to my storage-EARS. 1TB of pure silence. My AAKS has audible operation noise, but the EARS I have not heard a peep out of.

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Post by bskd » Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:34 pm

+1, my WD15EARS is dead silent.

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Post by Lawrence Lee » Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:30 pm

Can't tell the difference between my WD20EARS and WD20EADS. Both impressively quiet using Windows 7.

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