Upgraded Sky+ now rattles!
 

Charlie Pearce wrote:
I replaced the hard drive in my Sky+ box with a 120GB Maxtor recently
(the upgrade was quick and easy - managing to watch everything I
wanted to from the old one was the problem ;-) - however now when I
rewind or fast-forward there's an annoying rattle (normal playback is
fine).

Has anybody else had the same similar problem, and is there anything I
can do to ameliorate it?

Charlie

Its just the heads bouncing on the platters :-)
Seriously though, maybe the disk is just noisier than the old one which
presumably was chosen partly for this feature as the box was to be used in a
lounge environment.
The large scsi disks I have in my PC have noisy disk actuators and I
wouldn't use them in my living room.

I found the noise was more prominant on a 7200 disk. I now use a 5400 disk,
much quieter.

"BillR" wrote in message
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Charlie Pearce wrote:
I replaced the hard drive in my Sky+ box with a 120GB Maxtor recently
(the upgrade was quick and easy - managing to watch everything I
wanted to from the old one was the problem ;-) - however now when I
rewind or fast-forward there's an annoying rattle (normal playback is
fine).

Has anybody else had the same similar problem, and is there anything I
can do to ameliorate it?

Charlie

Its just the heads bouncing on the platters :-)
Seriously though, maybe the disk is just noisier than the old one which
presumably was chosen partly for this feature as the box was to be used in
a
lounge environment.
The large scsi disks I have in my PC have noisy disk actuators and I
wouldn't use them in my living room.

its 40gb

"SF" wrote in message
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Sorry I am sure this has been asked thousands of times but what size is
the
disc that comes with sky+

Thanks in advance and for your patience:


"Mark" wrote in message
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I found the noise was more prominant on a 7200 disk. I now use a 5400
disk,
much quieter.

"BillR" wrote in message
...
Charlie Pearce wrote:
I replaced the hard drive in my Sky+ box with a 120GB Maxtor
recently
(the upgrade was quick and easy - managing to watch everything I
wanted to from the old one was the problem ;-) - however now when I
rewind or fast-forward there's an annoying rattle (normal playback
is
fine).

Has anybody else had the same similar problem, and is there anything
I
can do to ameliorate it?

Charlie

Its just the heads bouncing on the platters :-)
Seriously though, maybe the disk is just noisier than the old one
which
presumably was chosen partly for this feature as the box was to be
used
in
a
lounge environment.
The large scsi disks I have in my PC have noisy disk actuators and I
wouldn't use them in my living room.

"Charlie Pearce" wrote in
message ...
I replaced the hard drive in my Sky+ box with a 120GB Maxtor recently
(the upgrade was quick and easy - managing to watch everything I
wanted to from the old one was the problem ;-) - however now when I
rewind or fast-forward there's an annoying rattle (normal playback is
fine).

Has anybody else had the same similar problem, and is there anything I
can do to ameliorate it?


Go he

http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/setacm.htm

This contains a utility called AMSET which enables acoustic management for a
variety of Maxtor HDDs - this makes the drive quieter at the expense of
speed, might be worth a look. Obviously you need to hook the drive up to a
PC to do this, but once the change has been made it is permanent.

Hellraiser..........

Can anyone say what's the best make of 120g hd to upgrade to? Thanks

SF said this:

Can anyone say what's the best make of 120g hd to upgrade to? Thanks

The Samsung SV1203N seems to be a good choice. It is reported to run
smoothly and quietly at a relatively cool temperature.

There are alternatives, however:

http://www.hummer.co.uk/drives-tested.htm
http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/t/30514/ds.html

"Dale Richards" wrote in message
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SF said this:

Can anyone say what's the best make of 120g hd to upgrade to? Thanks

The Samsung SV1203N seems to be a good choice. It is reported to run
smoothly and quietly at a relatively cool temperature.

There are alternatives, however:

http://www.hummer.co.uk/drives-tested.htm
http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/t/30514/ds.html



Thanks!

SF wrote:

Can anyone say what's the best make of 120g hd to upgrade to? Thanks

I would be sure to get one with a 3 year warranty.

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I have a Maxtor in mine.

"SF" wrote in message
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"Dale Richards" wrote in message
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SF said this:

Can anyone say what's the best make of 120g hd to upgrade to? Thanks

The Samsung SV1203N seems to be a good choice. It is reported to run
smoothly and quietly at a relatively cool temperature.

There are alternatives, however:

http://www.hummer.co.uk/drives-tested.htm
http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/t/30514/ds.html



Thanks!

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:00:28 +0100, "Hellraiser"
wrote:


"Charlie Pearce" wrote in
message ...
I replaced the hard drive in my Sky+ box with a 120GB Maxtor recently
(the upgrade was quick and easy - managing to watch everything I
wanted to from the old one was the problem ;-) - however now when I
rewind or fast-forward there's an annoying rattle (normal playback is
fine).

Has anybody else had the same similar problem, and is there anything I
can do to ameliorate it?


Go he

http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/setacm.htm

This contains a utility called AMSET which enables acoustic management for a
variety of Maxtor HDDs - this makes the drive quieter at the expense of
speed, might be worth a look. Obviously you need to hook the drive up to a
PC to do this, but once the change has been made it is permanent.

Thanks for the helpful link, however I notice that it says:

The AMSET.EXE utility enables, disables, and sets levels for the
Acoustic Management (operating sound levels) for the following hard
drive families (and newer) ONLY:

- DiamondMax Plus 40 UDMA/100
- DiamondMax 60 UDMA/100
- DiamondMax VL 30 UDMA/100
- D540X
- D740X

The capitalised ONLY has put me off trying it out on my 120GB
drive...!

Charlie

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