# My Experience - Good Unit but Buzzy **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [January 8, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.qnap.com/t/my-experience-good-unit-but-buzzy/454 "2025-01-08T19:12:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Shane](https://community.qnap.com/u/Shane)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.qnap.com/t/my-experience-good-unit-but-buzzy/454/1 "2025-01-08T19:12:51Z")
My TVS-951X is over 6 years old and still running great. One hard drive (a HGST) reported SMART errors about a year ago so I replaced it with a new one (a Seagate), which couldn’t have been simpler. No data loss. No downtime. It’s also never been hacked. It’s not accessible via the Internet, I use strong, unique passwords and 2FA on every sign-in. It’s also backed up nightly to a third party cloud service. The only issue with the unit is that the spinning hard drives cause a vibration which makes the chassis and drive bays make a buzzing sound. If I press on the drive bays with my hand, the noise stops, but starts again as soon as I move my hand away. I know tool-less drive bays are convenient, but if the drives were secured with screws the unit would be much quieter. It got so annoying in my office that I moved it to the unfinished part of my basement. So it’s still buzzing all the time, but at least now I don’t hear it. It took a little work running the Ethernet cable to it but definitely worth it. Other than the buzzing, it’s a great unit! ![Screenshot 2025-01-08 133349](https://cdn-community.qnap.com/original/1X/7daca17acc49846d5f060f8d1eccfa1e32fc7af8.png) ---
**Author:** ![theunk7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@theunk7](https://community.qnap.com/u/theunk7)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.qnap.com/t/my-experience-good-unit-but-buzzy/454/2 "2025-01-08T21:16:58Z")
Have about a dozen and at least that many retired, and I find young or old, tower or rack, all Qnaps like getting buzzed. Some just a bit, some serious stoners. I think that’s why you see increasing numbers of models with no LCD display and no onboard graphics --less motivation for arm’s reach location-- subtle encouragement to choose basement / garage / server room for placement. Challenge pre-sales on it and discover that white noise is feature, not a bug. ---
**Author:** ![dolbyman](https://community.qnap.com/user_avatar/community.qnap.com/dolbyman/32/136_2.png) [@dolbyman](https://community.qnap.com/u/dolbyman)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.qnap.com/t/my-experience-good-unit-but-buzzy/454/3 "2025-01-09T22:21:24Z")
There have been plenty of buzzing and vibration topics on the old forums People have found different solutions for different NAS [https://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?p=840772](https://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?p=840772) [https://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?t=137894](https://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?t=137894)