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    Spread Spectrum Clocking?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Skyrider, Oct 12, 2007.

  1. Skyrider

    Skyrider Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a 200 GB Hitachi HDD on my M1330 notebook.

    The Hitachi "Feature Tool" gives me the option to enable/disable "spread spectrum clocking".

    Does anyone know if the M1330 supports SSC & if so is it a good idea (or not) to enable it?

    Thanks.
     
    Skyrider, Oct 12, 2007
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    Eleison Thanatos Eleison

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    SSC is really only a good idea if electromagnetic emissions are a real problem, because it can have detrimental effects on your hard drive's performance.
     
    Eleison, Oct 12, 2007
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    I've been trying to think when electromagnetic emissions might be a problem... I suppose it is something that could be tried if you have nasty electronic interference on your audio.
     
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    Thanks for the replies.

    I'm not aware of any interference problems so I guess I'll leave it disabled. Don't want to risk any performance problems with the notebook & I'm not sure that this machine supports it anyway...
     
    Skyrider, Oct 12, 2007
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