Acoustic Management software for WD drive?

IceFire · Post by **IceFire** » Tue May 27, 2003 11:13 am

I'm trying to find an acoustic management software for my WD 100 gig w/ 2 mb cache drive (WD 1000BB?). What is avaible and where to download it? Thanks.

somebody · Post by **somebody** » Tue May 27, 2003 11:23 am

Try "Feature Tool" from http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

Mr_Smartepants · Post by **Mr_Smartepants** » Tue May 27, 2003 11:50 am

If you've got an Intel chipset, try using the Intel Application Accelerator app to enable acoustic management. Didn't do squat for my WD 1200BB drive though. YMMV

Mr_Smartepants · Post by **Mr_Smartepants** » Tue May 27, 2003 12:50 pm

Yup! That's the truth!

#1 reason I got rid of my WD was spin noise from the bearings.
I now have a super-quiet Maxtor DM+ 120G (primary) and a 'black-hole' quiet Cuda IV 80G (video scratch disk).

IceFire · Post by **IceFire** » Tue May 27, 2003 2:56 pm

I couldn't figure out why people think the maxtor is quiet. I just purchase a 120 maxtor and the seek is the loudest of the 3 major brands. Yes, I agree that the WD has lot of spin/bearing noise but the seek is better than the maxtor. Overall, the seagates the quietest overall including the 7200.7.

Mr_Smartepants · Post by **Mr_Smartepants** » Wed May 28, 2003 12:10 pm

If you're hearing the clackity-clack of the seeks, you don't have acoustic management turned on with the Maxtor. My DM+ clacked really bad until I enabled the acoustic management. Sweet silence!

Zhentar · Post by **Zhentar** » Wed May 28, 2003 3:19 pm

Aside from that, I don't find the seek sound unpleasant, and it can tell me what the hell my computer is doing....

pingu666 · Post by **pingu666** » Fri May 30, 2003 10:27 am

my maxtor sounds like a fan
seaks are noisy tho :\