I wouldn't trust PCWizard.
Firstly, the author only reports the lower 20 bits of each 48-bit SMART attribute.
Secondly, the author does not understand Seagate's SMART attributes, which means the health and performance assessments are bogus.
Thirdly, the various features are ambiguously reported. For example, does "AAM - No" mean that AAM is not supported, or supported but not enabled?
Lastly, the APM value is confusingly reported as 32896, which in hexadecimal is 0x8080. The upper 8 bits indicate the manufacturer's recommended setting (0x80 = 128), and the lower 8 bits are the current setting, also 128.
AIUI, you should be aiming to change the APM (Advanced Power Management) level to 208. Hdparm is one utility that should allow you to do this:
http://hdparm-win32.dyndns.org/hdparm/
HDDScan is another:
http://hddscan.com/
AAM is Automatic Acoustic Management. This feature controls things such as seek noise by reducing the aggressiveness of the voice coil's acceleration and deceleration profiles.
Hitachi Feature Tool can set AAM levels, if supported:
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
#FeatureTool
I notice that the Power On Hours Count is 0x37 (= 55), and the Load/Unload Cycle Count is 0x288 (= 648). This means that there is, on average, one load/unload cycle every 5 minutes. Are these the clicks you are hearing?
Message Edited by fzabkar on 17-01-2010 07:52 AM
