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<blockquote data-quote="HTPCSourcer" data-source="post: 273309" data-attributes="member: 74879">Hello guys,I just bought a WD 500 GB SATA harddisk to exchange a Samsung disk that was heavily vibrating. Compared to the Samsung drive WD is almost noiseless, however, the access noises are audible and I would like to activate the drive's AAM. I have been trying several tools to active the AAM of the WD, yet without success. The Samsung ESTool can access the WD and I was able to activate its SMART option. Unfortunately AAM was not acccessible with the Samsung tool. A series of other tools seem to work only with IDE drives and don't detect any SATA-connected units. The Hitachi FTool 2.10, which is reported to have been used on the WD drives, would run into endless boot cycles on my HTPC. Used on another PC it was unable to detect SATA drives.Searching the internet confirmed that a) the drive has AAM and b) some people were able to activate it. Anybody out there who has come across he same issue and has found a solution?Regards, Johannes</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HTPCSourcer, post: 273309, member: 74879"] Hello guys, I just bought a WD 500 GB SATA harddisk to exchange a Samsung disk that was heavily vibrating. Compared to the Samsung drive WD is almost noiseless, however, the access noises are audible and I would like to activate the drive's AAM. I have been trying several tools to active the AAM of the WD, yet without success. The Samsung ESTool can access the WD and I was able to activate its SMART option. Unfortunately AAM was not acccessible with the Samsung tool. A series of other tools seem to work only with IDE drives and don't detect any SATA-connected units. The Hitachi FTool 2.10, which is reported to have been used on the WD drives, would run into endless boot cycles on my HTPC. Used on another PC it was unable to detect SATA drives. Searching the internet confirmed that a) the drive has AAM and b) some people were able to activate it. Anybody out there who has come across he same issue and has found a solution? Regards, Johannes [/QUOTE]

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