[mchiles]

I picked up a Antec MX-1 USB/eSATA enclosure to use for my external drive on an S3.

Boy, does the MX-1 have a noisy fan... At least mine seems to be.

It is not very quiet when it is running.

There is a low "whirling" sound when the fan is running.

Are all MX-1 fans relatively loud??

Anyone used an MX-1 with the fan disconnected?? Any hard drive overheating issues?

Thanks,

mchiles

 

[fritolayguy]

I have the same setup, and I turned the fan off it got so noisy. I have had the fan off for going on two weeks with no issues. The drive seems to be about as hot as it was with the fan off.

Of course, this is just one person's experience...just my 2c...

 

[mchiles]

fritolayguy,

After you unhooked the MX-1's fan, did you leave the top off the MX-1 to let the drive radiate heat into the air instead of plastic?

 

[richsadams]

This post should probably go in this thread to get a good response:

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=350510

FWIW our MX-1 fan is very quiet. Sounds as if there's a problem if you can hear it more than a foot away or so (bad bearings?). They have a six year warranty. I'd order a replacement and send the one you have back for credit.

To preserve your recordings when you replace it you should unplug TiVo, then unplug your eSATA drive. Swap out the HDD, plug it back into TiVo, power it up and then power up TiVo.

Or if you have the drive placed in a well ventilated area you can probably run it w/o the fan, but that really depends on the HDD. Some (WD in particular) run very hot. Seagate DB35's are probably the coolest.

 

[George Cifranci]

I can't even hear my MX-1's fan.

 

[keenanSR]

I can hear mine from about 2' away which means it's a non-issue for me. That's with an Hitachi 1-TB drive in it.

 

[mchiles]

The Hitachi is very quiet. You can't hear it over the MX-1 fan!!!

Seriously, I must have a bad MX-1 fan, because that is all I hear over everything

Even the wife complained about it.

After disconnecting the fan on the MX-1, The Hitachi was so quiet that I had to put my finger on the drive to make sure it was still running. Also, the S3 would have gone nuts if it wasn't running.

 

[greg_burns]

I can't tell if I am hearing the MX-1 fan or the 500GB WD drive in it. Both are very quiet, IMO.

 

[gargoyle999]

I hear a lot of clicking from the Segate DB35 drive I have in the MX-1 enclousure. But the MX-1 itself is quiet.

 

[dianebrat]

I have never heard my MX-1 fan, and I'm pretty picky, it's a small living room, with the eSata drive on top of the shelf with the TV, and I sit only 6' away.

I used to hear the 500GB Maxtor drive a lot until I went and adjusted it's acoustic settings from performance to "church mouse quiet" now I don't hear it either.

Diane

 

[jfh3]

My MX-1 fan is very quiet.

 

[drew00001]

I hear a lot of clicking from the Segate DB35 drive I have in the MX-1 enclousure. But the MX-1 itself is quiet.

I thought the DB35s were supposed to be extremely quiet.

 

[WeKnSmith]

You can't even hear the fan in our MX-1. I'd say it is time to give their support a call.

 

[slimm]

I thought the DB35s were supposed to be extremely quiet.

My DB35 and MX-1 are both very quiet.

 

[AbMagFab]

I hear a lot of clicking from the Segate DB35 drive I have in the MX-1 enclousure. But the MX-1 itself is quiet.

Then it's not a DB35 (or you have a bad drive). That sounds like as AS or ES drive, which are "clicky".

The DB35's are whisper silent.

 

[slimm]

Then it's not a DB35 (or you have a bad drive). That sounds like as AS or ES drive, which are "clicky".

The DB35's are whisper silent.

I know for a fact that the AS drive is very "clicky".

 

[keenanSR]

I originally had a Seagate 500GB AS in my MX-1 and it sounded like a popcorn machine. It wasn't "loud", but definitely distracting during quiet scenes.

 

[moxie1617]

I hear a lot of clicking from the Segate DB35 drive I have in the MX-1 enclousure. But the MX-1 itself is quiet.

I'll chime in also. The DB35 should be whisper quiet. You should consider getting it exchanged. I have a DB35 in an MX-1 which I use for the S3 and an ES series in an MX-1 which I use with PC's. The ES exhibits some vibrational noise and faint clicking, but the DB35 is whisper quiet. And no fan noise from either enclosure.

 

[richsadams]

The DB35's are whisper silent.

+1 :up:

 

[NOD]

The MX-1's fan is ridiculously quiet. I have 2 of them w/ Hitachi 1TB drives and can't hear a thing.

You might wanna call Antec.