The seek and idle spinning are noticeable slightly over the fans of my pc. Not a clicking, not a buzzing, it sounds like a normal hard drive sound, like something is accessing it. Western digital wdbfbe0080jbkeesn my book duo 8 tb desktop raid. They are working fine, but every 4 seconds almost exactly they make a very brief sound. Wd my book 8tb noise external drives for pc wd community. I have the mybook box in my livingroom, and it is really anoying for me when the internal fan works, because it is very noisy.
Designed to meet wds demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance, and longterm reliability, we back up pun intended. So if you can stand the additional noise then i recommend this drive heartily. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. Hi i purchased a 20tb my book drive in dec and so far its been fine but today i noticed a loud fan noise and realised it was coming from the drive ive never heard it spin that fast or loud before. The drive keeps making the noise just like when a hd is recording data on it, eventhough there is no activity on the hd. Hi, i have two western digital mybook 1230 6tb external hard drives.
Western digitals my cloud home is a networkattached personal cloud storage solution, designed to combine the convenience of cloud storage with the privacy and security of. Make mybook totally quiet using an external usb fan hacking wd. Western digitals latest network storage device offers consumerfriendly convenience, but more technically inclined users may want to look elsewhere. Immediately upon connecting it to a power source, it starts making a really loud noise fan. Given the nature of the target market, there is no diskless version of the my cloud mirror gen 2. How noisy are external enclosure drives, 8tb and bigger. I know for sure nothing is accessing it, as it spins down after 10 minutes as per settings. Western digital hard drive noises by elljl sep 23, 2010 6. I have two western digital mybook 1230 6tb external hard drives. Western digital has broadened its external harddrive storage solutions with the introduction of the my book velociraptor duo. This is my wd caviar black 1tb drive, its really noisy and not that fast. Western digitals my book thunderbolt duo is about as big as wds my book studio ii, and the two drives have similar cases, the obvious difference are.
Hi, i got some problem with new hdd wd my book 8tb pn. With the fan running at full speed, its hard to determine whether the actual hard drives power up. Turned out it was a system fault and i had to return. I tried to submit a question to support but it kept. I bought my wd my book 8tb a day ago from best buy. This is suppose to be the new enviromental silent and cool hdd. The noise youre hearing is to be expected since the drive is working to prevent disturbances in the media lube caused by the prolonged dwelling of the media head at a single location. Is the western digital my book duo raid storage worth it.
This is common for hdd suppliers as a preventive activity for reliability. Western digitals 640gb caviar hard drives have found their way into each and every one of our system guides for just about two years now. Where i live 8tb elementsmybook is 190220euros, and wd 8tb reds are 250. Western digitals 6gbps caviar black 1tb hard drive the. The drive was no longer recognised on any pc either and every time i unplugged and plugged only the power lead back in again, the fan immediately spun up loudly at full speed. Wd my book 8tb strange sound external drives for pc wd. Its only about 3 months old so is there something wrong with it. When i set it up, hooking it up to my xbox one, it made noises when running. Before purchasing the western digital my book duo desktop raid storage.
Western digital wdbfbe0080jbkeesn my book duo 8 tb amazon. We have a 12 tb my book duo that weve been using in the jbod individual drives configuration. It is cool temperature wise but i cant agree that its silent. I have a wd my book 3tb and also a 4tb, neither of these makes any sound. Wd mybook 1230 making noise external drives for pc wd. Theyre on constantly and no issues in terms of noise from fan or drive. Unboxing wd western digital my book duo 20tb usbc duration.
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