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Set Automatic Acoustic Management level on hard drives
Authored by: alexwegel on Oct 24, '04 12:01:41AM

Hi

It should work just like in other systems (see the thread for more).

That is, if the "noise" you mean is the ticking of the heads stepping - that's what this is all about.

Cheers,
Alex



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Set Automatic Acoustic Management level on hard drives
Authored by: jostein@racoo.bi on Oct 26, '04 09:59:48PM

Uhm.. I thought this was about reducing the rpm of the drive... I was thinking it would be great to reduce the rpm to something which would make the drive completely noiseless. Right now it is constantly making a sizzling sound, almost like a small fan.

It does make the usual ticks when I use it, though, but that hasn't really bothered me that much. The "fan"-like noise it makes by just being on is more annoying. If I use the computer in a very quiet environment it almost starts reminding me of a stationary PC...(!!)

So this AAM is only about getting rid of the ticks? It wont make my drive just slow down (to some lower rpm)?



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Set Automatic Acoustic Management level on hard drives
Authored by: alexwegel on Oct 28, '04 04:03:49AM

Sorry, no.

Never heard of a possibility to change the spindle-speed of a harddrive.

I guess with all the "head flying microns above the surface on an air-cussion"
going on, this feature would just make a cheap hd design impossible. Maybe i'm
wrong (at least what concerns high-end drives), though.

Maybe the best thing you can do is to swap the drive for one with less rpm, or one
with better psycho-acoustics:-)

Cheers,
Alex



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Set Automatic Acoustic Management level on hard drives
Authored by: alexwegel on Oct 28, '04 04:05:03AM

Sorry, no.

Never heard of a possibility to change the spindle-speed of a harddrive.

I guess with all the "head flying microns above the surface on an air-cussion"
going on, this feature would just make a cheap hd design impossible. Maybe i'm
wrong (at least what concerns high-end drives), though.

Maybe the best thing you can do is to swap the drive for one with less rpm, or one
with better psycho-acoustics:-)

Cheers,
Alex



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