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>Harddisk</TITLE
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
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REL="HOME"
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TITLE="Linux Ecology-HOWTO"
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HREF="book1.htm"><LINK
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REL="UP"
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TITLE="Noise Reduction"
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HREF="c231.htm"><LINK
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TITLE="Noise Reduction"
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>Linux Ecology-HOWTO</TH
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>Chapter 3. Noise Reduction</TD
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>Harddisk</H1
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> To avoid unneccessary hard disk noise you may use the same
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techniques as described in the power saving chapter.
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Hard disks in most laptops are the primary source of noise.
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Modern laptop and notebook hard drives come with a so-called
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"Acoustic Management", just have a look into the manual
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to get an overview about the possible settings.
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</P
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> The noise of the hard disk can be very disturbing, see
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<B
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>man hdparm</B
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> to reduce the spin of the disk.
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> Some hard disk manufacturers offer dedicated tools, e.g.
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Hitachi's
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>Feature Tool</A
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allows to change the drive Automatic Acoustic Management settings to the
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Lowest acoustic emanation setting (Quiet Seek Mode), or
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Maximum performance level (Normal Seek Mode).
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