Aan alle tweakers met een MAXTOR harddisk!!

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  • Danfoss
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Ik zag het volgende op de Maxtor site:
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Technical Note
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Subject: Using the AMSET.EXE Utility
Summary: Procedure for adjusting operating sound levels via the AMSET Program.


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Disclaimer: This Document is provided as is without any warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. In no event will MAXTOR CORPORATION be liable to you for any damages, including any loss of profit or savings, arising out of the use or inability to use the information contained in this document. Maxtor Corporation makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose
This is an Advanced Utility and its use is recommended for Advanced Users only.

Overview: The AMSET.EXE utility enables, disables, and sets levels for the Acoustic Management (operating sound levels) for the following hard drive Families/Models (and newer) ONLY:

DiamondMax
Plus 40 DiamondMax
60 DiamondMax
VL 30 DiamondMax
Plus 40 UDMA/100 DiamondMax
60 UDMA/100 DiamondMax
VL 30 UDMA/100
54098U8 96147U8 33073U4 54098H8 96147H8 36147H8
53073U6 94610U6 32305U3 53073H6 94610H6 34610H6
52732U6 94098U6 31536U2 52732H6 93073H4 33073H4
52049U4 93073U4 31024U2 52049H4 92305H3 32305H3
51536U3 92305U3 30840U2 51536H3 92049H3 31536H2
51369U3 92049U3 30768U1 51369H3 91536H2 31024H2
51024U2 91536U2 51024H2 91023H2 30840H2
91023U2 30768H1
30680H1
30510H1

NOTE: All Maxtor hard drives conform to the appropriate agency requirements for operating sound levels.

Acoustic Management adjusts the speed of the head seeks, reducing the ambient sound level during the normal operation of Maxtor hard drives. This does not affect sound levels for power on operations. The performance of the drive is affected when Acoustic Management is enabled.

Downloading AMSET.EXE:

AMSET.EXE can be downloaded from Maxtor’s Website. It is contained in the file named SETACM.EXE.

NOTE: SETACM.EXE is a self-extracting file containing:

AMSET.EXE - Utility for changing Acoustic Management Maxtor UDMA DiamondMax 6800 (and newer) hard drives
CHIPSET.DRV - Driver Database File
AMSET.TXT - This file
Maxtor recommends that you copy SETACM.EXE to a formatted, 3.5-inch floppy diskette. SETACM.EXE can be extracted either from a DOS Command prompt, by double clicking on the file from a Windows 95/98 or Windows NT environment. The files must be extracted in order to execute AMSET.EXE.

The AMSET utility (AMSET.EXE) can turn Acoustic Management off, or on (two on levels). The command flags (DOS-Based, command line switches) are:

/off - Turns Acoustic Management off, the drive operates at normal acoustic levels
/quiet - Quietest seeks, the speed of the seek operation is reduced to its lowest level to provide the quietest operations, this level has the most impact on drive performance.
/fast - Fastest seeks, the speed of the seek operation is reduced to provide quieter operation with the least amount of impact on the drive performance.

NOTE: AMSET.EXE is a DOS-Based, command line utility. It cannot be properly executed from a Windows 95/98 or Windows NT environment.

Maxtor hard drives are normally shipped with this feature set to quiet.

PROCEDURE FOR USING AMSET.EXE:

Using a system boot diskette clean boot the system to an A: prompt.
Remove the system boot diskette and insert the diskette containing the AMSET.EXE and CHIPSET.DRV files.
From the A: prompt, type AMSET and press [Enter]. The following will be displayed:
Set Acoustic Management Mode -- Version x.x (x values vary pending on the version)

USAGE:
COMMAND LINE FLAGS
/fast – Fastest seeks
/quiet – Quietest seeks
/off – Acoustic Management Off

EXAMPLE COMMAND LINE INPUTS
AMSET /fast

Press any key to continue

To this point, no changes have been made to the hard drive. After pressing a key you will be returned to the A: prompt.

From the A: prompt, type in AMSET /OFF (to disable Acoustic Management) and press [Enter]; or type in AMSET /FAST or type in AMSET /QUIET (to enable Acoustic Management) and press [Enter]. The switches are described above. For example, if you want fast hard drive seeks with the least impact on hard drive performance, you would type:
AMSET /FAST

Information will be displayed on the monitor indicating if drives are found and the action taken by the utility. In the example below “(Chip Set)” is the identifying information obtained from the IDE controller card (if installed) and / or the motherboard of the computer system.

Chipset.drv Version x.xx (x values vary pending on the version)

Searching for Maxtor Drives on (Chip Set) Primary . . . . .
Searching for Drive 0 . . . . .
Maxtor Drive 0 Found . . . . .
*** Acoustic Management Turned on (off) in the Maxtor Drive***
Searching for Drive 1 . . . . .
Non-Maxtor Drive 1 Found . . . . .
Searching for Maxtor Drives on (Chip Set) Secondary . . . . .
Searching for Drive 0 . . . . .
No Drive Found . . . . .
Searching for Drive 1 . . . . .
No Drive Found . . . . .

NOTE: At least one set of information shown above is displayed. If there is, an IDE controller card installed in the computer system then a second set of information is displayed. The first set displayed is for the installed IDE Controller Card and the second for the motherboard. If a controller card is installed that utilizes a chipset not found in the CHIPSET.DRV file, the card and all devices attached will not be seen by this utility. Information for the motherboard will be displayed. If all IDE devices are connected to an unknown card the utility will report that no drives were found in the system. If this occurs contact Maxtor Technical Support and provide information about the controller card so that it can be investigated and the utility updated as appropriate.

Upon the completion of this utility, the system returns to the "A:" prompt.Remove the floppy diskette and power-cycle (shutdown/restart) the System.
The Maxtor hard drive remains set to the Acoustic Management level until reset by this utility. Repeat steps 1-5 if you wish to change the Acoustic Management level to a different setting.

If you need any assistance or have any questions contact Maxtor Technical Assistance.

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*let op: standaard staat en Maxtor schijf op QUIET mode (dus lage performance)
Dus iedereen, zet de Acoustic Management uit en verbeter de performance!!!

complete link is www.maxtor.com/technology/technotes/21007.html


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  • estorino
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Leuke feature, maar zoals je zelf al zegt, niet echt handig voor ons Tweakers. Ik vind de prestaties van mijn harddisk een stuk belangrijker dan de decibellen die hij produceert...

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"The performance of the drive is affected when Acoustic Management is enabled."

Nee dank u dus .. en dit is al langer bekend.

Alsof je je HDD's boven je Alpha uit hoort :+

  • Danfoss
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Danfoss

Deze ruimte is te koop..

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Ik wist 't anders nog niet.. wat ik helemaal k*t vind is dat Maxtor standaard de drive op de stilste setting (dus laagste performance) zet.

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  • Pjotrik
  • Registratie: Juli 1999
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Pjotrik

Wat ben je aan het doen?

Ik ben het er niet mee eens dat het niet interessant is voor een tweaker. Hij staat standaard op quiet, dus zo'n drive kan nog harder, das leuk voor een tweaker.

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Maar al jij hem op sneller zet, en hij gaat kapot, dan ben je hem wel een tijdje kwijt.......neee, bedankt, een alles tweaker, behalve zijn harddisk !

  • thrax
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Dit is trouwens niet alleen maxtor die dit doet. Mijn atlas 10k kan dit ook. Waarschijnlijk zijn er dus nog wel meer harde schijven die standaard 'verkeerd' geleverd worden...

"Ore wa bakemono? Che, ore wa akuma da!"


  • The Slicer
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Kan ik mijn Maxtor 6800+ zo ook op 10.000 toeren zetten i.p.v. 7.200rpm??? >:)

  • The Slicer
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