WD 2TB Caviar black being very noisy

[ThyFeared]

So my friend just recently got a 2TB Caviar black and it sounds like it's dying. Here's an example  

 

Any idea what's causing the issue. The case is a Corsair Air 540

[VinsinityKT]

Oh dear. Try it outside of the case and if it still sounds horrible than RMA it.

[ThyFeared]

Just now, VinsinityKT said:

Oh dear. Try it outside of the case and if it still sounds horrible than RMA it.

Did that and it was still noisy as hell. I've read that it's normal for these to be loud. Should I just return it and get a different drive?

[INeedHelpASAP]

1 minute ago, ThyFeared said:

Did that and it was still noisy as hell. I've read that it's normal for these to be loud. Should I just return it and get a different drive?

if it still sounds like that YES

[Naeaes]

That's perfectly normal for WD black drives. To my experience (as WD retailer's RMA handler) they always rattle. No problem at all in operational sense. Install it in a dampened 5.25" enclosure to ease on the noise. Sadly the rubberband trick won't solve this one. 

[VinsinityKT]

I'm no expert, but my WD 1TB Black don't sound like that.

[ThyFeared]

1 minute ago, Naeaes said:

That's perfectly normal for WD black drives. To my experience (as WD retailer's RMA handler) they always rattle. No problem at all in operational sense. Install it in a dampened 5.25" enclosure to ease on the noise. Sadly the rubberband trick won't solve this one. 

Yeah I'm reading up on that and everyone seems to say it's normal. Where can I find one of these dampened enclosures in the United States?

1 minute ago, INeedHelpASAP said:

if it still sounds like that YES

 

1 minute ago, VinsinityKT said:

I'm no expert, but my WD 1TB Black don't sound like that.

I'm hearing it's mostly for the 2TB ones 

[Bacon8tor]

I had a drive sound like that ... just like that..... After I dropped it on concrete..

No Joke it was an external WD drive . it fell out of my slightly open laptop bag and the drive then sounded exactly like that. 

If it is new Return it 

[ThyFeared]

Just now, Bacon8tor said:

I had a drive sound like that ... just like that..... After I dropped it on concrete..

No Joke it was an external WD drive . it fell out of my slightly open laptop bag and the drive then sounded exactly like that. 

If it is new Return it 

Thing is everyone is saying that these drives are extremely loud and the hard drive is perfectly healthy I ran tests on it saying it was just fine.

[Naeaes]

2 minutes ago, ThyFeared said:

Where can I find one of these dampened enclosures in the United States?

My favorite is Scythe Himuro. Just make sure you have straight sata cables. The angled ones don't fit though the slot very well.

[Bacon8tor]

1 minute ago, ThyFeared said:

Thing is everyone is saying that these drives are extremely loud and the hard drive is perfectly healthy I ran tests on it saying it was just fine.

let me ask you this. 

Does it sound right to you?

 

Yes.

Keep it. -> then it fails -> opps all that data loss

 

or

 

No.

Return it and get a drive that doesnt sound like grinding metal. 

 

just my opinion , Drives do not sound like that. that is ridiculous . There maybe a QC problem with WD 2 TB drives that doesnt make the drive correct. ALso its that frekaing annoying do you wnat your computer sounding like that? I sure as hell dont . 

[ThyFeared]

4 minutes ago, Naeaes said:

My favorite is Scythe Himuro. Just make sure you have straight sata cables. The angled ones don't fit though the slot very well.

I'll try this out and see if it works. I have all the data backed up anyhow so if it fails I can just RMA it. Thanks!