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Originally Posted by BenMcr
I think that's down to the hard drives used.
My understanding is that the older TiVo uses 3.5" desktop hard drives, and the V6 boxes use 2.5" laptop drives.
So Laptop drives are almost always quieter than desktop drives.
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A lot of the time the 500GB TiVo is silent, it is just sometimes that it makes the loud noise. It is loud enough that a visitor recently commented on it.
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
It might just be the surface on which the TiVo rests. You might like to think about putting some sort of padding underneath the box to dampen the noise.
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Indeed, it could be the vibration of the hard drive going through the wooden TV stand.