Looking for article: How to change the settings on a Maxtor Hard drive

Doso · 6th February 2003, 11:26 PM

can some one throw me the link to the article where they showed how to change the acessing timings on the maxtor hard drives i serched but i couldn't find

chainbolt · 6th February 2003, 11:29 PM

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Originally posted by Doso
can some one throw me the link to the article where they showed how to change the acessing timings on the maxtor hard drives i serched but i couldn't find

never heard about this, and I don't think it's possible. You would have to access and modify the firmware. That's a kind of flashable BIOS which is working the disk processor.

Doso · 7th February 2003, 4:42 PM

nah its where the maxtor hard drives are shipped in "quite" mode where the acess times are slown down to lessen the noise, being a overclocker this is nto what i want at all

there was a article awile back ( 1 month) that showed how to change it, but i carnt find it anywhere

HaRm · 7th February 2003, 5:46 PM

dunno about the article but i have the program here to do it. If you PM me your email addy i will email it to you.
Its really basic but must be done in dos (not a command prompt window)

personally i noticed bugger all difference, irl or benchmarking.

Took me a while to find it as it seemed it had been yanked form the maxtor site.

6th February 2003, 11:26 PM	#1
Doso Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: [Vic]Melbourne Posts: 5,586	Looking for article: How to change the settings on a Maxtor Hard drive can some one throw me the link to the article where they showed how to change the acessing timings on the maxtor hard drives i serched but i couldn't find

7th February 2003, 5:46 PM	#4
HaRm Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Brisbane, Gaythorne. Posts: 587	dunno about the article but i have the program here to do it. If you PM me your email addy i will email it to you. Its really basic but must be done in dos (not a command prompt window) personally i noticed bugger all difference, irl or benchmarking. Took me a while to find it as it seemed it had been yanked form the maxtor site. __________________ City Landscape Supplies. Last edited by HaRm; 7th February 2003 at 5:46 PM.

7th February 2003, 4:42 PM	#3
Doso Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: [Vic]Melbourne Posts: 5,586	nah its where the maxtor hard drives are shipped in "quite" mode where the acess times are slown down to lessen the noise, being a overclocker this is nto what i want at all there was a article awile back ( 1 month) that showed how to change it, but i carnt find it anywhere