29 Nov
2006
29 Nov
'06
05:18
The best solution we found was "hdparm -Y /dev/hdX" (and /dev/cdrom). It works on hard disks if not all CD-ROMs.
The other noise is the power supply fan. Stock PCs offer no s/w fan control. Some PowerPC machines have it (although Ubuntu-PPC/Debian-PPC still has serious bugs).
http://www.silentpcreview.com http://www.endpcnoise.com
Mark