On Thursday, Apr 24, 2003, at 09:04 US/Eastern, Lithium wrote: > I have two Barracuda IV drives, 40GB and 80GB. > > 40GB one is really quiet but 80GB one is not. I know 40GB one has one > platter and 80GB one has two. Two platters make the difference so much > or my 80GB one is defective? I would suggest going to Seagate's site and comparing the noise specs of the two drives - perhaps the 80GB is rated more noisy than the 40GB one. Just a thought. Eagle