WD7500AACS - 750GB GreenPower in SkyHD box
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:48 pm
Just installed a WD7500AACS (750GB Western Digital GreenPower) HDD inide my brand new SkyHD box. I adjusted the drive to silent using Hitachi's tools to set AAM mode to silent.
Tested dual HD record with pre-recorded HD playback. No stutters evident. Also tested Dual HD record with 30s timeslip on one of the HD channels, again no problems found. FF at 30x, although nothing like SD speed is still possible while dual recording with no problems on any of the recorded channels.
Think I can say this is a worker for anyone wanting to update.
The main thing is this drive is totally silent (with AAM on max) and even if not set to max AAM its still very quiet, probably more quiet than the original.
Tested dual HD record with pre-recorded HD playback. No stutters evident. Also tested Dual HD record with 30s timeslip on one of the HD channels, again no problems found. FF at 30x, although nothing like SD speed is still possible while dual recording with no problems on any of the recorded channels.
Think I can say this is a worker for anyone wanting to update.
The main thing is this drive is totally silent (with AAM on max) and even if not set to max AAM its still very quiet, probably more quiet than the original.