How to change AAM on Maxtor Drive?

Cams · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2003 10:17 am

I have a Maxtor 6Y120L0 drive and according to DTemp AAM is supported and enabled. The recommended value is C0h (medium acoustic emanation level) but the Current AAM Value is FEh (maximum performance).

How do I change this setting to the most quiet setting? I looked at Maxtor's site and can only find Powermax, Maxblast and loads of Fireball utilities. Nothing mentions AAM so I was wondering exactly what I need.

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woodpecker · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2003 11:25 am

Try Hitachi power tool. It worked for me.

mas92264 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2003 11:36 am

My experience with Hitachi ftool with maxtor dm+9 drives was that the accoustic management was either completely on or off.

Go to the maxtor site and search for "amset." It's a command prompt utility that offers off, some or alot (I forget the exact parameters.)

Amset greatly reduced the seek noise on my 80g maxtor pata drive - using the /quiet setting.

Cams · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2003 1:05 pm

mas92264 wrote:

Go to the maxtor site and search for "amset." It's a command prompt utility that offers off, some or alot (I forget the exact parameters.)

Amset greatly reduced the seek noise on my 80g maxtor pata drive - using the /quiet setting.

The Amset utility worked, and how! What a difference it has made, and to think I've had this HD for around six months and didn't even know about the /quiet setting until today. Seek noise has been reduced considerably to the point where I could probably keep things as they are rather than going for an enclosure of some sort. Many thanks!

So is my PC silencing quest now finally at an end? I think it might just be!

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Ralf Hutter · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2003 1:42 pm

Cams wrote:

So is my PC silencing quest now finally at an end? I think it might just be!

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What about the whine of your Maxtor drive? Doesn't it drive you crazy? That constant whine. Penetrating into your brain endlessly. On and on and on.....

ez2remember · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2003 1:51 pm

Ralf Hutter wrote:

Cams wrote:

So is my PC silencing quest now finally at an end? I think it might just be!

Cams

What about the whine of your Maxtor drive? Doesn't it drive you crazy? That constant whine. Penetrating into your brain endlessly. On and on and on.....

Not all Maxtors whine. The model I have DM+9 definitely don't whine or the whine is inaudible over low fan noise, but it has a loud seek compared to quiet drives.

Cams · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2003 2:31 pm

ez2remember wrote:

Ralf Hutter wrote:

Cams wrote:

So is my PC silencing quest now finally at an end? I think it might just be!

Cams

What about the whine of your Maxtor drive? Doesn't it drive you crazy? That constant whine. Penetrating into your brain endlessly. On and on and on.....

Not all Maxtors whine. The model I have DM+9 definitely don't whine or the whine is inaudible over low fan noise, but it has a loud seek compared to quiet drives.

What ez2remember said. I also have the DM+9 and it doesn't whine at all. Seek noise is loud but now much less so after applying the /quiet AAM setting.

As for my WD 60GB, that thing's whine really does get to me. An incredibly noisy drive.

mas92264 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2003 2:38 pm

Don't let Hutter's pathetic attempt to rain on your success bother you. He's obviously obsessed with Samsung drives. :roll:

Rumor is that those close to him are looking into a counseling "solution." :shock:

lenny · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2003 3:00 pm

But Ralf does have a point there, as almost everyone here found out. You eliminate one noise source, another thing that didn't bother you previously starts getting on your nerves. It's not a quest, it's a curse...

And if you ever get your own system quiet enough, you start eyeing other people machines. Counselling may not be such a bad idea. Maybe we need a SPCR Anonymous club or something.

al bundy · **Posted:** Fri Oct 31, 2003 1:45 am

Ralf Hutter wrote:

Cams wrote:

So is my PC silencing quest now finally at an end? I think it might just be!

Cams

What about the whine of your Maxtor drive? Doesn't it drive you crazy? That constant whine. Penetrating into your brain endlessly. On and on and on.....

Ralf I love how you put that! Planting the seed of discontent.

BTW, nice new point in your sig too (i.e. "Smokey SoCal" hehe)...

Ralf Hutter · **Posted:** Fri Oct 31, 2003 4:39 am

lenny wrote:

But Ralf does have a point there, as almost everyone here found out. You eliminate one noise source, another thing that didn't bother you previously starts getting on your nerves. It's not a quest, it's a curse...

Yeah, that's all I was getting at, in a fairly obtuse way.

orionlion82 · **Joined:** Sat Nov 01, 2003 4:05 pm **Posts:** 70

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Inexplicable · **Posted:** Sun Nov 02, 2003 1:19 am

lenny wrote:

And if you ever get your own system quiet enough, you start eyeing other people machines.

Do you think about ways to silence your refrigerator? Do you glare angrily at people who dare speak to you? Is MUTE the most worn button on your TV remote? You might be a silencer... :evil:

lenny wrote:

Counselling may not be such a bad idea. Maybe we need a SPCR Anonymous club or something.

You mean like a web forum where recovering silencers can share their experiences, draw support from each other and say things like:

Inexplicable wrote:

My name is Inexplicable and I'm a silencer. I guess I'm just addicted to silence.

Yesterday... I ducted. :oops:

I had been thinking about it for a while, planning and drawing. Not a day went by without thoughts of air flow. It's especially hard when you go outside, feel the wind in your face. But every day I put the drawings away, holding on, fighting the obsession. One day at a time. Until yesterday... Yesterday I walked by the hardware store and I saw the pipe in the window and... I just couldn't help myself. I went into the store, bought the pipe, and I ducted all night. And most of this morning. My temps are down by three degrees and my PSU is now my loudest component. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. :cry:

lenny · **Posted:** Sun Nov 02, 2003 1:52 am

Inexplicable wrote:

Do you think about ways to silence your refrigerator?

No, but I did get the quietest model I could find, and now it's starting to bug me. The noise... the noise...

Inexplicable wrote:

My name is Inexplicable and I'm a silencer. I guess I'm just addicted to silence.

Brilliant! :lol:

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