[mythtv-users] 120GB Cuda At Best Buy for $99

[Jeff Williams]

There's probably an acoustic management function you need to turn on.  Check Seagate's web site.  You can also do this under Linux with hdparm, although I have never trusted this - I'd rather use a utility provided by the drive manufacturer.

This is also true of pretty much every other drive.  I've found drive manufacturers to be inconsistent with how they set their acoustic management depending on how they're positioning a drive in the marketplace.  For example, I have two Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9's - one of which purchased retail, the other purchased OEM through Newegg.  The retail version had acoustic management turned off on initial boot and was extremely loud.  The OEM version had acoustic management on and set to quiet.  Performance of all current IDE drives is roughly the same given the same acoustic management setting.  A drive set on "quiet" will perform perfectly well for Myth...

My Maxtor drives are both extremely quiet now with AM turned on.  


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edward Wildgoose [mailto:Edward.Wildgoose at FRMHedge.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 4:52 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] 120GB Cuda At Best Buy for $99
> 
> 
> I just bought one of these from a UK supplier and the seek 
> noise is VERY loud.  Even holding and suspending it in my 
> hands you can hear a loud clicking.  This is compared to my 
> Baracuda IV which is nearly silent even rattling around in a 
> metal drive bay, and completely silent when suspended.
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Meyer [mailto:steve.j.meyer at comcast.net]
> Sent: 04 August 2003 05:16
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] 120GB Cuda At Best Buy for $99
> 
> 
> PN: 9W2883-377
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> 
> Model Number     Model Name     Capacity    Interface  RPM    
>  Seek Time
> System Type
> ST3120026A    Barracuda 7200.7    120 GB    Ultra ATA/100   
> 7200 RPM   8.5
> ms avg   DPC
> 
> --Steve
> 
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