3 HDD based system - Rumbling noise when reading heavy files.

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plainman007

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My new system consists of 3 x 250 gb sata drives. I noticed a deep rumbling noise when i do something like add 4 nos of 1 gb sized clips onto the vegas timeline etc. Something file intensive. I only hear a hum of the hard drive running if its just 1 file or something im dragging onto the timeline. Same thing if i group select some large clips and drag them onto the timeline. Then i heard a deep rumbling kinda noise from the CPU cabinet. Can even feel the rumbling. Happens only when some disk intensive task is done. Is this normal. Or is my HDD not screwed onto the chasis tight enough. Is it normal for a HDD to vibrate that much ?? That too my system has the OS and progs on C:, the files and footage on D:, and the render to drive being E:. I thought adding more harddrives would usher a smoother read performance ! and its like this. Or something wrong maybe ?? Any ideas please ?
 
look at Jab-Tech.com and the other hundreds of "gamer" PC stores online... they have these rubber mounts and other stuff that will take care of the noise... but first make sure it isn't loose screws, or anything else possily the other bays... anything that would vibrate on the whole case... listen for the source and look there...
harmonic tones (or something like that) certain things will vibrate at certain frequencies of movement... it is also possible that at higher frequencies the noise would stop... anyway you just have to find whatever is loose and tighten the sucker.
 
Here are some things to check for each of your three drives:
1. Be sure "Compress drive to save disk space" is turned OFF.
2. Be sure "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk" is turned OFF.
3. Be sure "Enable write caching on the disk" is turned ON.
4. Be sure your system page file is set up properly - best if on a drive not normally used for other opertations.

Jerry
 
Hi Videomaker > point 1 i agree. point 2 ? are u sure ? i thought indexing allows for faster file access and read/write....??

point 3,,, where is this setting ??- "enable write caching on disk"
 
Indexing service is good for reading from many small files, not good for writing very large files. Below is a nice (but somewhat dated) guide for optimizing XP for Video Editing Systems.

Also, I assume you have already checked disk fragmentation.

http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:ySUktaNfpQkJ:www.videoguys.com/WinXP2.html+%22allow+indexing+service%22+video&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=us

plainman007 said:
Hi Videomaker > point 1 i agree. point 2 ? are u sure ? i thought indexing allows for faster file access and read/write....??

point 3,,, where is this setting ??- "enable write caching on disk"
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plainman007 said:
Harmonic Tones ?? :-Laugh(DBG):

Whatever. I think ill check the bays for loose screws.
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yea, sometimes I just need to down a few :beer: and relax, lol


Where can I find ALL of those settings?
Also, not completely related but is FAT32 slower than NTFS format? I just got an external that came FAT32
 
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No video professional who at least knows his cards right would ever format his hdds to FAT. So u can assume without hesitation mine are all NTFS. Just reformat your external to NTFS. FAT has some severe limitations.
 
Videomaker > Thanks for that link. Ive saved it for reference. Yes i actually checked defrag. But its a brand new system. LOL. Theres hardly anything on it to defragment it. Ive just done formating the HDDs. And have loaded only about 4 gb of footage onto the almost 1 terabyte capacity. Defrag itself shows the files as miniscule and neatly laid out. Hmm ill read that article and let you know how it comes through. Thanks.
 
ok, I'll reformat to NTFS right away then, thanks!

can someone point to where I'll find those settings you guys are talking about?
 
VideoMaker said:
Here are some things to check for each of your three drives:
1. Be sure "Compress drive to save disk space" is turned OFF.
2. Be sure "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk" is turned OFF.
3. Be sure "Enable write caching on the disk" is turned ON.
4. Be sure your system page file is set up properly - best if on a drive not normally used for other opertations.

Jerry
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well all of these for starters...
 
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