[mythtv-users] Need to quiet my frontend...

[Owen Townend]

2009/3/27 stuart <stuart at xnet.com>:
>
>
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>
>> On 03/26/2009 03:32 AM, Francesco Peeters wrote:
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>>> Michael T. Dean wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> On 03/25/2009 02:52 PM, James Pifer wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>> I have a frontend system in the bedroom. It's a slim form factor Compaq
>>>>> D5S/P1.7 running mythdora 5. The system is fairly quiet except for the
>>>>> hard drive. What are people doing to quiet these down?
>>>>> I tried installing the system to a flash drive, but the install keeps
>>>>> failing. Not sure it will run well enough off a flash drive anyway.
>>>>> The other possibility is running off the network. Anybody doing this
>>>>> successfully?
>>>>>
>>>>> Are there hard drive options that are quieter? SSD maybe?
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestions appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> 1) Wall
>>>> 2) Drill
>>>> 3) Thread cables through hole in wall
>>>>
>>>> Mike "No frontend is more pretty than an invisible frontend, and no
>>>> frontend is more silent than one in the other room" Dean
>>>>
>>>
>>> LOL! That'd be interesting... A MythBox against the outside wall of my
>>> house...  :-)
>>
>> If you only have one wall (and it's not circular), your MythBox is
>> already outside.
>>
>> If your Myth box is currently inside, look a bit to the left and/or right.
>>
>> Mike
>
> Are we talking a Möbius strip type wall here?

... unless you have walls enclosing you you're outside... [0]
One wall does not a room make unless as he said, it's curved. :)

[snip]
> Also, some HDDs have something like a "slient running" setting where you
> don't hear as much clicking but accesses take longer.  You might look into
> that.
[snip]

Something like `hdparm -M 128` (acoustic) and/or `hdparm -B 1` (power)
Most drives at least support hdparm -M 0/128/254 (off, quiet, performance)
though default to 254

cheers,
Owen.

Footnotes:
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[0] Although there are exceptions of course... perhaps a room with
french doors all 'round.. which were open.. would you still be 'inside'?