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chickenlittle
29-11-2006, 04:35 PM
I just bought a lanserver box for a 3.5 inch hard drive. It doesnt have any manufacturer identified. Works ok but makes an ungodly racket. Has anyone got one of these (ethernet and usb ports) and if so can you recommend it as being fairly quiet ?

Cheers,

CL

Speedy2206
29-11-2006, 04:39 PM
Do you mean that the drive makes a racket or the internal cooling fan for it makes a racket :) I have one of the ones from eBay (branded as "LAN Drive") and if I use an old HDD then it sounds like a tractor. If I use a new(ish) drive (Maxtor 7200RPM) then its silent. I dont have a fan on mine but if you do then I'm sure you could tone it down a few volts :)

chickenlittle
29-11-2006, 04:43 PM
I dont hear so well but the wife reckons its the fan on it. I currently have a 7200 in it and am planning to put a 5400 in instead, but not much point if the device's fan is makin gall the noise. When you say turn the volts down ..... can you explain that in layman's terms ? Cheers appreciate it.

chickenlittle
29-11-2006, 04:46 PM
Its this thing: (ebay item 300054556481 )