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Like Robert_J has stated here many times
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Wow! I got quoted.
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My DirecTV Hughes Tivo is really loud to me. Is this normal?
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Loud is relative. Mine makes noise but no more than the fan on my Kenwood receiver.
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Sounds like the hard drive is always spinning.
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As long as the DirecTivo is plugged into a power source, the drive is spinning. It hurts it more to power up and down. I have a cheap UPS on mine to keep it going when we get a blip in the power.
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This thing is always on too. Is this going to add allot to my electric bill?
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Someone figured it up at the Tivo Community. It uses less electricity than a 60 watt light bulb. It was no more than a couple of dollars a year in electricity.
There are a few things you can do. You can swap the fan for a quiter one. A lot of computer suppliers have silent or almost silent fans. Second you can get a different hard drive. WD or Maxtor (I can't remember which) have some type of acoustical management software you can turn on. It makes the drive alomost silent. A bonus is that you could upgrade to a larger drive at the same time. Finally, I read where one guy put something like Dynamat on the inside of his case to dampen sound. This sounds like over-kill to me.
-Robert