How do I disable acoustic management on my Maxtor drive?

[jo4re]

Is there a utility to do this or is it in XP somewhere? I have a Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6B250S0 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
Thanks,
Joe

 

[lenjack]

maxtor has detailed instructions on their website to do this.

 

[jo4re]

I looked and couldn't find squat. A google search revealed a Maxtor program called Amsat. I'll give it a try.

 

[Auric]

Amset (setacm package) or Hitachi's Feature Tool should do it, although I have not used 'em on serial drives.

 

[WobbleWobble]

You can use WinAAM to do it (not supported by Maxtor). It looks like Maxtor took down their AMSET tool. Hitachi's program can also do it for you. Or just get it off of the Ultimate Boot CD.

 

[jo4re]

Thanks! I tried amset, and I got a strange buzz out of my speaker and it locked up before I could even start to change anything. Hitachi's utility wouldn't allow me to do it either.

I'll try winaam and see how I make out.

 

[jo4re]

Is there an English version of WinAAM?