How quieten Maxtor drive

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:47:19 +0100, Sammo
wrote:

I have a 160 GB Maxtor Plus 9 IDE drive (model 6Y160P0).

The actuator arm seems to make too much noise when it is working.

Is there a tool to reduce the noise?

I don't want to partition the drive or write the MBR or anything like
that.

Try AMSET,

http://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/m...p?p_faqid=1200

I'm buying this HDD, did you get to 'quiten' the drive?

"kony" wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:47:19 +0100, Sammo
wrote:

I have a 160 GB Maxtor Plus 9 IDE drive (model 6Y160P0).

The actuator arm seems to make too much noise when it is working.

Is there a tool to reduce the noise?

I don't want to partition the drive or write the MBR or anything like
that.

Try AMSET,

http://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/m...p?p_faqid=1200

Also... Sammo

Did you notice any major hit in disk performance after the changes made with
the AMSET utility?
Thanks
"Sammo" wrote in message
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I have a 160 GB Maxtor Plus 9 IDE drive (model 6Y160P0).

The actuator arm seems to make too much noise when it is working.

Is there a tool to reduce the noise?

I don't want to partition the drive or write the MBR or anything like
that.

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 11:45:49 +0100, "***JB"
wrote:

Did you notice any major hit in disk performance after the changes made with
the AMSET utility?
Thanks

Try benching the drive index with stripped sandra (link 4 DL on my
site under comp/bench) before & after that utility set & post the
results for other to see the difference if any ..

"Sammo" wrote in message
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I have a 160 GB Maxtor Plus 9 IDE drive (model 6Y160P0).

The actuator arm seems to make too much noise when it is working.

Is there a tool to reduce the noise?

maybe making some magic box to silence it down like I did on my site
under comp/mods or to insulate it from the rest of a case using some
rubber gommets mounting it ...
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Sammo wrote:
I have a 160 GB Maxtor Plus 9 IDE drive (model 6Y160P0).

The actuator arm seems to make too much noise when it is working.

Is there a tool to reduce the noise?

I don't want to partition the drive or write the MBR or anything like
that.

If it is louder than it was when it was new the get rid of it. Send it back
for a new one if under warrantee

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 11:45:49 +0100, "***JB"
wrote:

Also... Sammo

Did you notice any major hit in disk performance after the changes made with
the AMSET utility?
Thanks


The difference should be a few (perhaps 4?) ms seek
difference... wouldn't be noticable to most people in use
but perhaps with something like database work it might.