Maxtor drive speed settings

[howste]

I just ran across some information I'd never heard/read before:
http://www.maxtor.com/technology/technotes/21007.html

If I read this correctly, Maxtor drives are shipped with the seek speed slowed down in order to reduce acoustic noise. By running their AMSET utility you can disable or reduce the "Acoustice Management" and increase the speed. I'm just curious if anyone has ever tried this to see how big a difference it makes. Any benchmarks? Do other manufacturers also do this?

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Steve

[Target]

I wasn't familiar with that either! Thanks for posting it as its highly interesting. I think its worth checking out for those of you with the following Maxtor drives:

DiamondMax 60
DiamondMax VL 30
DiamondMax Plus 40 UDMA/100
DiamondMax 60 UDMA/100
DiamondMax VL 30 UDMA/100