New idea for PC cooling

[Harry Bissell]

Damping the hard disk noise is tough because it is mostly high
frequencies... go right through rubber iso mounts etc... and sneak out
through tiny cracks (short wavelength).

HEY... how about mount the hard drive in a vaccuum... (not cleaner...  that
would suck)

Alex Stettler wrote:

> Hi DIYers
>
> I had just another idea for cooling a pc on a silent way. How about a
> aluflex-tube, often used for air-conditioning systems and so on? They
> are somewhat bigger in diameter than the outlet of the PC fan. So you
> can take out the fan and connect the aluflex-tube to the outlet and the
> install the the fan in an other room, where the tube ends. Or you can
> terminate the tube in a small wooden box with the fan in it, for
> accoustical isolation.
> But in my case, there's not the cooler fan who's making trouble, it's
> the harddisk which makes the most noise.
> So there's a new question, if there are any possibilities to damp the
> noise of the HD.
>
> Does it lower the noise somewhat, if you mount the HD with some rubber
> sheet or something similar between the case and the HD?
>
> Alex