WHEW! Well because they are already configred for RAID 0, I could not inspect the individual drives in Vista. Sooooo, I had to pull them out. What a pain!! But...as you can see in the pic...they are the right ones...and they seem to perform well too...Quote:
Originally Posted by mc2k
Ok, I was dumb. I could have just used the Intel Matrix Storage utility:
yep,:DQuote:
Originally Posted by GamingDaemon
can the 320gb AAM be unlocked at all?, did anyone susceed
I want to pick 4 WD6400AAKS, I got 1 question to ask
Are all WD6400AAKS use 320GB platter?
yes since 320+320=640
Yes but most 320GB drives are not 320GB platters. The 640GB drive does indeed use 320GB platters.
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/6770/hdtune4gd8.pngQuote:
Originally Posted by icywater
yes and I have two to prove it
I got 2 WD6400AAKS's on special from NewEgg last week for 99.99 each shipped FREE ! & they were Even packed quite well , to boot !
i bought 4 WD6400AAKs the date of 2 is dated 18 of march and 2 is dated 18 april, the lastest one has acccess time of 17ms :(. how do i turn aam off?
edit
found the solution, I used feature tool to change AAM. All good now :)
so now 640gb ones are showing up with aam on also? thats suxQuote:
Originally Posted by icywater
what tool did you use and did it work, i heard of ppl not being able to change it on the 320gb ones
feature tool, i did not turn AAM off , i set it to 254 and my seek time is 12.1ms.Quote:
Originally Posted by Millyons
with feature tool, you have to change your raid setting in the bios back to ide, otherwise feature tool will not able to detect the driver.
here is my raid 0,
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/8...0hdtachvi3.jpg
I cba to upload the image, but i got a raid 0 of 2 WD3200AAKS-00L9A0 not the B3 :S
Average read is 161.3 MB/s
min 93.6MB/s
max 200.3 MB/s
Access time 15.3 ms
Burst rate 135.4MB/s
This doesn't seem so far off from what others are getting. Are these single platter discs too?
they gotta release it for the velociraptor aswell :(
if this performs better then velociraptor i will get 4 640 gigs hdd that have 32mb buffer
anybody have any idea where the 500gb platter drives are from WD? I'm waiting for a 2 platter 1tb drive.
i got a caviar blue 320gb drive too few days ago, same problem slow access times in the region of 16ms. cant seem to make it go quicker. tried various tools to disable aam but no luck. may drop western digital an email to see if they can help.
Quote:
Originally Posted by breakfromyou
What I got as response when asking about 1 and 1.5TB Blue series disks.Quote:
Dear Andreas,
Thank you for contacting Western Digital Customer Service and Support.
They will be released on the near future, at the moment we are delivering stability and performance, we never jump to a new capacity unless we can guarantee what we offer, but soon you will see bigger size Caviar Blue drives.
Sincerely,
Pablo R.
Western Digital Service and Support
http://support.wdc.com
Thanks anyway haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by RPGWiZaRD
Now this "feature tool" that people speak of...to adjust AAM settings for the WD single platter drive. They removed that from the latest version?
well...what the hell?!Quote:
Features in Version 2.13
* Removed the function of acoustic management.
I used HD Tune Pro to set AAM to 254 rather than 128, dropped access times from like 16ms to 11.8ms on an empty & single WD6400AAKS. :) Hopefully the nice <12ms access times continues for 1TB & 1.5TB Caviar Blue series disks.
Tools... :rolleyes:Quote:
in addition it is ultra quiet... even with the ear against the drive, the case fans are louder
I can't change/set AAM settings at all on my DFI LP UT P35-T2R (ICH9R) on WD1001FALS, WD5000AAKS, WD6400AAKS. And can't do anything with the WD3200AAKS-00B3A0 on the Biostar TP43D2-A7 (ICH10). All drives are set to IDE mode. Tried the Hitachi "Feature Tool" 2.12, or HD Tune Pro 3.5...i'm lost.Quote:
Originally Posted by RPGWiZaRD