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    HDD Acoustic setting

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bjdelro, Apr 21, 2007.

  1. bjdelro

    bjdelro Notebook Consultant

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    In the BIOS settings, there is a category there about the HDD Acoustic. If you open it, there will be three choices to choose from (bypass, performance, and i forget the third choice).

    Anyway, my question is with regards to choosing the performance setting which says that the hdd can go faster but it can get nosier. Does anyone of you chose this setting? Is it recommended? Will it hurt my hdd in the long run? Please advise. Thanks!


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    bjdelro, Apr 21, 2007
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    mfmbcpman Notebook Consultant

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    I'll run a test using HD Tune. I was wondering about this as well. I have an 80 gb 7200 RPM drive.
     
    mfmbcpman, Apr 22, 2007
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    facadegeniality Notebook Consultant

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    no news on this? sorry for necro post.

    edit: i did my own test and found out that performance and bypass had almost no difference (a noob's opinion)

    Bypass :
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    Performance :
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    Acoustic :
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    any comments from experts?
     
    facadegeniality, May 21, 2008
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  4. yehuda1

    yehuda1 Notebook Geek

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    That looks like a BIOS front-end to the drive's Automated Acoustic Management (AAM) feature. In drives that support it, users can specify a tradeoff between access time and seek noise. The screenshots above show how access time is being affected.
     
    yehuda1, May 21, 2008
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