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    Activating AAM on a Hitachi Travelstar 5K160 laptop HDD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by T_SHRED, Dec 23, 2007.

  1. T_SHRED

    T_SHRED Notebook Enthusiast

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    The 'Hitachi Feature Tool" operators manual lists this laptop HDD as being supported in the AAM (Automatic Acoustic Management) function.

    When I used this tool I get this screen:

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    While looking at the manual for the drive itself it gives "Command Codes (Hex)" and "Feature Register (Hex)" characters for enabling. That is over my head.

    Is there an easier way to 'enable" this function?


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    T_SHRED, Dec 23, 2007
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