sos_nz
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Further to my SE/30's restoration (viewtopic.php?f=7&t=20122), I've mounted my hard drive by suspending it between two large rubber bands.
Although the Seagate Savvio 10k U320 SCSI 70GB drive is itself very, very quiet, it was transmitting quite a bit of vibration / hum. Not sure whether this is inherent to the drive, or the fact it needed to be mounted in a 2.5 to 3.5" adapter cage. Basically I strung two fat rubber bands, one each through the front and rear slits on the side of the original mounting cage, secured with some heat shrink tubing, and suspended the drive like it's in a cat's cradle. I'll post some photos tonight of the set up, which took just a couple of minutes to rig.
There are some theoretical concerns about a) the rubber perishing and the drive falling (a 1/2" drop at most) and B) the drive running slightly warmer due to the lack of thermal conduction to the cage/chassis. However, the sweet sound of (near) silence is very compelling!
Although the Seagate Savvio 10k U320 SCSI 70GB drive is itself very, very quiet, it was transmitting quite a bit of vibration / hum. Not sure whether this is inherent to the drive, or the fact it needed to be mounted in a 2.5 to 3.5" adapter cage. Basically I strung two fat rubber bands, one each through the front and rear slits on the side of the original mounting cage, secured with some heat shrink tubing, and suspended the drive like it's in a cat's cradle. I'll post some photos tonight of the set up, which took just a couple of minutes to rig.
There are some theoretical concerns about a) the rubber perishing and the drive falling (a 1/2" drop at most) and B) the drive running slightly warmer due to the lack of thermal conduction to the cage/chassis. However, the sweet sound of (near) silence is very compelling!