Noisy SEDNA

Just got the Sedna 1U Rackmount USB 3.1 Gen II 10GBP Dual Bay Hard Disk RAID Enclosure, and while waiting for the proper disks, I’ve decided to give it a spin with some spare disks laying around. The appliance seems to be a great way to extend a home NAS, keeping the disks tidily mounted in the rack. However, there is an issue that is impossible to ignore if you keep the rack in a room where you spend a lots of time – two small fans that come preinstalled with the box are so noisy, that I had to disconnect the fans after just a few minutes of operation. The noise is ridiculous – it is as if the fans’ role is not to discretely keep the disk a bit cooler, but to produce as much whistling sounds as possible. The remedy is relatively easy, albeit a bit tricky, because the fans are so tightly sealed to the board that a lots of patience is required to remove the seal (the yellow thingie on the photo) and disconnect the noise-makers.