iMac 500G drive noise, yikes this is loud

Hi folks,

Just received a iMac with 500G drive. The drive just seems outrageously loud. Not whirring and spinning but a dull tapping while its doing it's thing. I know it's normal for the drive to make some noise but this just seems too loud. I'm moving from a Powerbook G4 that make some noise put at quite a lower level (in fact the Dell desktop I use at work is significantly quieter). Should I really be able to distictly be able to her the drive 2.5 - 3 feet away?

Intel iMac 2.0, 2gb RAM, 500G, Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Posted on Mar 15, 2006 10:38 PM

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Mar 16, 2006 7:51 AM in response to fredash

Hitachi HDS725050KLA360:

Capacity: 465.76 GB
Model: Hitachi HDS725050KLA360
Revision: K2AKCA3A
Serial Number: KRVP23ZAGV7X3D
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
OS9 Drivers: No
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 465.32 GB
Available: 412.83 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /

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