After a recent 120 GB upgrade (using Maxtor drive)
I used AMSET to change the drive to /fast because
some postings seemed to indicate keeping it on quiet
could be a problem.
Turned out, seek noise with the /fast setting was loud
and annoying. I don't know how anybody could use it
with AMSET off!
Anyway, I ended up pulling out the drive and setting
it to quiet. What a difference -- the drive is now quieter
or at least no louder than the original drive. Especially
good considering I no longer have the EZ bake on it.
My experience has been that the quiet setting has not
affected the performance at all -- video quality is fine, no
skipping or other bad results. Seems to me, at least for
the drive I've got, it would be good if the various faq's
and upgrade instructions were updated to say that the
quiet setting works well (and sure beats hearing all
that noise from the heads seeking).
I used AMSET to change the drive to /fast because
some postings seemed to indicate keeping it on quiet
could be a problem.
Turned out, seek noise with the /fast setting was loud
and annoying. I don't know how anybody could use it
with AMSET off!
Anyway, I ended up pulling out the drive and setting
it to quiet. What a difference -- the drive is now quieter
or at least no louder than the original drive. Especially
good considering I no longer have the EZ bake on it.
My experience has been that the quiet setting has not
affected the performance at all -- video quality is fine, no
skipping or other bad results. Seems to me, at least for
the drive I've got, it would be good if the various faq's
and upgrade instructions were updated to say that the
quiet setting works well (and sure beats hearing all
that noise from the heads seeking).
