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Set Automatic Acoustic Management level on hard drives
Authored by: uffi on Sep 15, '06 02:37:26PM

Thank you for posting the additional information. I definitely appreciate it.

Not being the biggest computer expert in the world, I did have to read your post two or three times before I felt it was really sinking in. But I think I get it now.

I did have a follow-up question, though...

Would one way to "flush out" the changed Open Firmware-induced settings on a hard drive -- for AAM and the parking of heads -- be to reset the NVRAM? I know the old trick of starting up the computer in Open Firmware and then typing "reset-nvram" followed by "reset-all." Would this accomplish the task of getting a drive back to its defaults?

Also, you mentioned that you had silenced a new drive by some method other than through Open Firmware. I'm curious about how you accomplished that, too.

Thanks again.



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