Maxtor Acoustic Management

Logla · Sep 25, 2003, 10:42 PM

Does anyone know how I can set the acoustic management on my hard disks to 'off'. I have found that the drives are set to 'on' which quietens the drives down but hits performance. I want performance and I'm not bothered about the noise. I had a look on the maxtor website but could not find any application to do this.

Logla · Sep 25, 2003, 10:55 PM

Just found out that maxtor dont have a utility for doing this and that if I try to change it I will probably corrupt the array and therefore my data. Ah well never mind.

merry · Sep 26, 2003, 06:35 AM

On intel platforms (chipset) there is a utility that can do that for you (the IAA - intel Application Accelerator). I believe there is a similar thing from VIA.

Logla · Sep 26, 2003, 07:27 AM

The IAA only supports this on IDE drives - I'm running SATA RAID.

merry · Sep 26, 2003, 08:59 AM

http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa_raid/

I don't have either SATA nor RAID, so I wouldn't know.

Logla · Sep 26, 2003, 12:46 PM

It says that my chipset iE7205 (granite bay) is not supported. I may just try it anyway.

Thanks Merry

FluffyChicken · Sep 26, 2003, 04:44 PM

What stage of 'on' are they at if it 255 or 254 then that is full speed anyway.

You don't mention the model ? I'll assume DM+9's as our SATA.

Maxtor PowerMax 4.06 is what you need and I think it's updated enough to work with SATA drives. (on Maxtors site
although I havn't actually check if the option is in that tool sorry, but they do have a seperate tool called AMSET specifically for this)

If that doesn't work try HGST's (hitachi) tool for there drives (works with other drives as well incl. Maxtor, just some things are limited use)
But if you can use the Intel tools they work fine.

SATA is IDE btw (but the RAID could be seen as SCSI

)

Logla · Sep 26, 2003, 05:11 PM

Yup, the RAID is seen as SCSI.

I've been trawling through loads of other sites trying to find an answer and have not had good results. The AMSET tool usually corrupts the data on the RAID array as its not compatible (according to Maxtor) with the DM+9s (which I have).

I might just leave it as it is for now. I haven't got another disk (yet) to back up my important data and I can't afford to lose what I already have (bit silly setting up the array as RAID 0 really).

FluffyChicken · Sep 26, 2003, 05:39 PM

Grab the HGST tool , it works from a bootdisk so bypasses anything Windows, it see's my DM+9 (in an array as well)

Matth · Sep 26, 2003, 06:09 PM

The state of my DM+9 80Gb is On/Performance (according to AMSET).

On most tests, "performance" seems to be as good, sometimes betterr than "off".

The HGST utility presents it a a scale, rather than as just a few settings - not sure how well AMSET works, as when it showed the state I'd already decided to use, I didn't proceed.

Sep 25, 2003, 10:42 PM	#1
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	Maxtor Acoustic Management Does anyone know how I can set the acoustic management on my hard disks to 'off'. I have found that the drives are set to 'on' which quietens the drives down but hits performance. I want performance and I'm not bothered about the noise. I had a look on the maxtor website but could not find any application to do this.

Sep 26, 2003, 06:35 AM	#3
merry gargouille Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha Posts: 962 Rep Power: 0	What's your system? On intel platforms (chipset) there is a utility that can do that for you (the IAA - intel Application Accelerator). I believe there is a similar thing from VIA. __________________ There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn't. ~~Leonard Cohen

Sep 26, 2003, 08:59 AM	#5
merry gargouille Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha Posts: 962 Rep Power: 0	Tried this version? http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa_raid/ I don't have either SATA nor RAID, so I wouldn't know. __________________ There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn't. ~~Leonard Cohen

Sep 26, 2003, 04:44 PM	#7
FluffyChicken DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: England Posts: 320 Rep Power: 0	What stage of 'on' are they at if it 255 or 254 then that is full speed anyway. You don't mention the model ? I'll assume DM+9's as our SATA. Maxtor PowerMax 4.06 is what you need and I think it's updated enough to work with SATA drives. (on Maxtors site although I havn't actually check if the option is in that tool sorry, but they do have a seperate tool called AMSET specifically for this) If that doesn't work try HGST's (hitachi) tool for there drives (works with other drives as well incl. Maxtor, just some things are limited use) But if you can use the Intel tools they work fine. SATA is IDE btw (but the RAID could be seen as SCSI ) __________________ [COLOR=#455b64]Team mauisun.org [/COLOR]

Sep 26, 2003, 05:39 PM	#9
FluffyChicken DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: England Posts: 320 Rep Power: 0	Grab the HGST tool , it works from a bootdisk so bypasses anything Windows, it see's my DM+9 (in an array as well) __________________ [COLOR=#455b64]Team mauisun.org [/COLOR]

Sep 25, 2003, 10:55 PM	Thread Starter #2
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	Just found out that maxtor dont have a utility for doing this and that if I try to change it I will probably corrupt the array and therefore my data. Ah well never mind.

Sep 26, 2003, 07:27 AM	Thread Starter #4
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	The IAA only supports this on IDE drives - I'm running SATA RAID.

Sep 26, 2003, 12:46 PM	Thread Starter #6
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	It says that my chipset iE7205 (granite bay) is not supported. I may just try it anyway. Thanks Merry

Sep 26, 2003, 05:11 PM	Thread Starter #8
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	Yup, the RAID is seen as SCSI. I've been trawling through loads of other sites trying to find an answer and have not had good results. The AMSET tool usually corrupts the data on the RAID array as its not compatible (according to Maxtor) with the DM+9s (which I have). I might just leave it as it is for now. I haven't got another disk (yet) to back up my important data and I can't afford to lose what I already have (bit silly setting up the array as RAID 0 really).

Sep 26, 2003, 06:09 PM	#10
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	The state of my DM+9 80Gb is On/Performance (according to AMSET). On most tests, "performance" seems to be as good, sometimes betterr than "off". The HGST utility presents it a a scale, rather than as just a few settings - not sure how well AMSET works, as when it showed the state I'd already decided to use, I didn't proceed.