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<blockquote data-quote="HTPCSourcer" data-source="post: 273559" data-attributes="member: 74879"><p>It <strong><em>IS </em></strong>a GP drive and you don't need to shock mount it. And yes the seeeking noices are the issue.</p><p></p><p>I solved the drive access problem by changing the BIOS settings for the SATA controller from AHCI to IDE. WinAAM would still not see the drive but I found <a href="http://www.rt-sw.de/en/freeware/freeware.html" target="_blank">SilentDrive</a>, a small 17 KB program that detects the drive and allows you to set three levels of noise management. Seeking noises are now almost gone. Unfortunately the setting is not permanent and gets lost at each start or wakeup from standby/hibernation. </p><p></p><p>No doubt that AAM affects the drive speed, but hey, we all want a noiseless HTPC, don't we?</p><p></p><p>Regards, Johannes</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HTPCSourcer, post: 273559, member: 74879"] It [B][I]IS [/I][/B]a GP drive and you don't need to shock mount it. And yes the seeeking noices are the issue. I solved the drive access problem by changing the BIOS settings for the SATA controller from AHCI to IDE. WinAAM would still not see the drive but I found [URL="http://www.rt-sw.de/en/freeware/freeware.html"]SilentDrive[/URL], a small 17 KB program that detects the drive and allows you to set three levels of noise management. Seeking noises are now almost gone. Unfortunately the setting is not permanent and gets lost at each start or wakeup from standby/hibernation. No doubt that AAM affects the drive speed, but hey, we all want a noiseless HTPC, don't we? Regards, Johannes [/QUOTE]
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