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whgmkeller1
Aug 04, 2016Aspirant
Pro Pioneer very loud - OS 6.5.1
I have a Pro Poineer Edition (6 bays) running on OS 6.5.1. Bays 1 thru 3 are filled, each with a Seaget 3TB HDD. All HDD's are fairly new, with power-on hours ranging from 1000 thru 9000. No ATA erro...
cpu8088
Aug 04, 2016Virtuoso
i have a pro 6 with xeon x3230 with fans running for cpu at 1700 rpm and system at 1350 rpm
the unit is within 2 feet from my ears and very quiet.
if yours very loud may be u consider changing the fans?
whgmkeller1
Aug 05, 2016Aspirant
The thing is: it was never that loud. I can't be sure exactly but this problem has only occured in teh last months or so. So I'm thinking it might have something to do with the last upgrades of the firmware. From my memory it was loud from OS 6.5.0 on.
Does anyone else experience this?
Willem
- StephenBAug 05, 2016Guru - Experienced User
whgmkeller1 wrote:
The thing is: it was never that loud. I can't be sure exactly but this problem has only occured in teh last months or so. So I'm thinking it might have something to do with the last upgrades of the firmware. From my memory it was loud from OS 6.5.0 on.
Does anyone else experience this?
Willem
What fan profile are you using? quiet, balanced or cool???
Certainly fan and cooling issues have popped up with legacy NAS running OS 6 from time to time. The good news is that Netgear has generally fixed them (at least so far).
So it could be related to 6.5.0. But of course it's also August (which might be relevant if you are in the Northern Hemisphere). It could also be a fan bearing starting to fail - if so, it will get worse.
FWIW, my pro-6 (4.2.28) shows the system fan at 1300 rpm and the CPU fan at 2200 at the moment. Disk temps are about 33C.
One thought is that you could get a sound meter app for your phone. Even if you can't calibrate it, it will still be able to measure changes in noise levels over time. BTW you do need to calibrate those apps. I have one on my Samsung Galaxy that was 9 db off (when compared with a real sound meter).
- whgmkeller1Aug 07, 2016Aspirant
In OS6.5.1, I used the Silent profile.
I say "useD" because of the fact that I decided to revert back to an earlier version to see if the louf fan problem is 6.5.0/6.5.1 related. I chose to go back to OS6.4.0.
Short answer: nothing's changed. Loudness still there... SO, not 6.5.0/6.5.1 related, it seems.
Willem
- JennCAug 09, 2016NETGEAR Employee Retired
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