Yep, both of those.
- Original Message
From: Mike Baker psufa...@yahoo.com
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 5:40:24 PM
Subject: Re: Quiet Hard Drive recommendations?
Have you maxed out the RAM? Do you have a video card that has at least 128 MB
of RAM? They could help reduce the demand on the hard drive and thus cut down
on the hard drive noise.
--- On Sat, 12/20/08, Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Quiet Hard Drive recommendations?
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 11:09 AM
On Dec 20, 2008, at 10:24 AM, Chris N wrote:
Folks,
I have a dual 1.25 G4 attached to a TV that doubles as
my Apple TV
substitute. It works great for streaming videos
across a wireless
network (now I have the security issues worked out...)
but it has
one problem. The hard drive is incredibly whiney, and
my other
half basically refuses to watch anything because she
can't stand
the noise. Can anyone recommend a reliable and quiet
hard drive
for this machine? I've checked to see if it is
any of the fans and
it doesn't appear to be - seems to come from the
hard drive
itself. Any opinions would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Chris
It sounds like you do not need much local storage. All
mechanical HDs
will make noise that can be noticed during the quiet parts
of a
movie. So I think plan B is in order.
One of the new Solid State Disks (flash type memory
configured to
look like a HD to your computer). You can pick up a 32GB
(enough for
a system, a few apps and a couple of movies) one at New Egg
starting
at $75.00. These are 2.5 form factor, so you will
need 2.5 to 3.5
adapters for the cables and mounting, but those should be
less than $10.
If you do need more local storage, and you can spend a
little more,
you can use the SSD as a start up drive and add a
mechanical HD for
storage that is set to spin down after a short time of non
use.
Len
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