Recently got the system you can see in my sig. When I added two 160GB Hitachi drives in a RAID1 config the noise from the system took a turn for the worse. Now I have a an extremely annoying vibrating humming noise as well as a more high-pitched metallic rumbling that comes and goes.
The noise seem to come from the sidepanels of the case.
I'm not a hardcore modder so I was thinking of doing something like this:
1. Vinyl floortiles on sidepanels.
2. Adding some kind of Acoustimat product.
Question: Which one of these are options is more likely to fix my problem?
Question: Can I add vinyl to both of the sidepanels since one of them is not removeable on the Sonata II?
Question: I have considered suspension, would it be worthwhile. If so does it make the other mods redundant?
Thanks a bunch,
/mattek
Sonata II Vibrating noise
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Re: Sonata II Vibrating noise
Yes and yes.mattek wrote: Question: I have considered suspension, would it be worthwhile. If so does it make the other mods redundant?
The other mods might help some with your problem, but in the end suspension (or some other decoupling) of the disks is bound to be the most effective option.