[Gllug] Computer case

[Alex Hudson]

On Mon, 2001-12-17 at 16:19, Richard Cottrill wrote:
> I have an old IBM P100 supporting my smoothie system. The power supply is
> admirably quiet; the hard disc is probably even pretty quiet by today's
> standards. However - there's still sound. Are there any (CHEAP / almost
> free) suggestions for 'silencing' the hard disc? I demand absolute
> silence!!!

Alter your boot sequence to load to a ram disk. Install plenty of RAM.
Load data into RAM, run off that. Spin down HD.

Works for me (I use an old laptop as a gateway), lovely and silent. 

Alternatively, install polystyrene/carpet. I hear that works reasonably
well...

Cheers,

Alex.

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