External eSATA noise.

I just got a seagate eSATA external hardrive (500gig.I bought a sonic tempo PCIe card and installed in the mac. So far I've just put BFD drum data on it...about 9gigs. The drive works ok but makes a high pitched spinning noise sometimes. kinda like a drill..then it stops making noise.Intemittent. Its not getting on the recordings but is very annoying. anyone have this drive and experiencing this? BTW, i attempted to contact seagate but no response. thanks

sound like there is something wrong with the drive. complain away... make them replace it.
btw, if you're using e-SATA and you can't get good enough quiet performance from the drive you already bought.. you might want to look at one of these:
http://www.g-technology.com/Products/G-DRIVEQ.cfm
they are fanless, so likely to be more quiet than usual. I'm looking at getting one for my MBP. I'll let you know how quiet it is when it arrives, if I end up ordering one.

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