Do Seagate drives have Acoustic Management?

[imported_goku]

I noticed my maxtor drive has the option of turning Acoustic Management on and off and I was wondering if seagate drives have that option as well. Maybe only high end drives?

 

[imported_Phil]

Nope, it was disabled, IIRC, in the 7200.7 and onwards models.

 

[imported_goku]

Any reason why? To increase performance? Maybe it should have been an option to let people have the drive run quieter and slower, better for SFF that are ultra quiet.

 

[thirdlegstump]

Actually I think if you buy the "retail" version of the 7200.7 drives, it'll have the feature available. I think they disabled it for the OEM drives.

 

[imported_goku]

I've got the Retail drive and it doesn't have it I only buy retail products.

 

[imported_Phil]

Maybe I should clarify somewhat.
The acoustic management is turned on by default on recent Seagate drives. However, you cannot alter it; i.e. turn it on or off.

 

[mode101wpb]

Hitachi's Deskstars have it, but the only to adjust it is by using a bootable feature tool. I'm suprised Seagate doesn't have this?

 

[TGS]

You should be able to use the now hitachi tool to boot and make the changes. As long as the drives are S.M.A.R.T capable, you can reconfigure the acoustic properties.

 

[imported_goku]

I tried on the seagate drive but no go, I was able to change the acoustic management on the maxtor drive in the same system so I know it's not the utility, or so I don't think.

 

[TGS]

Sorry I was thinking about AAM.

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