Hitatchi Feature Tool option?

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Do i need to enable 'Spread Spectrum Clocking' when enabling SATAII using the Hitachi Feature Tool? :confused:

Any other recommended performance settings (gaming rig, not bothered about noise) would be much appreciated.

Epox 9npa+Ultra
Opteron UP 146
1Gb Ballistix (pc3200)
BFG 7800GT
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 160Gb
 
Nope, leave spread spectrum off. Just enable the SATA-II and tick spread spectrum disabled and turn off the computer as indicated :).

You could make the drive noisy using the acoustic management for extra performance but I doubt it makes that much difference.
 
Great, a thread about the ftool for me to hijack :)

I've got a pair of 7k80 sata drives but I never enabled sataII. So, I downloaded the iso for the feature tool version 2.00, burnt it, but when booting from it I get "Unhandled Exception" and a load of error numbers. Seems to be an error with rtm.exe, which is apparently a memory managment program (according to a quick google). Any ideas?
 
well excuse me while i re-hijack it ;)

I have made my feature-tool diskette but even though i have followed the instructions to the letter, my PC when reset with the diskette in floppy drive, doesn't load up the DOS feature tool, just boots up as normal? :confused:

My BIOS settings are as follows:

First Bootable: [Hard Disk]
Second Bootable: [CD-ROM]
Third Bootable: [Removable]
Boot Up Floppy Seek: [Enabled]

Any help would again be appreciated...
 
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::wolfram:: said:
well excuse me while i re-hijack it ;)

I have made my feature-tool diskette but even though i have followed the instructions to the letter, my PC when reset with the diskette in floppy drive, doesn't load up the DOS feature tool, just boots up as normal? :confused:

My BIOS settings are as follows:

First Bootable: [Hard Disk]
Second Bootable: [CD-ROM]
Third Bootable: [Removable]
Boot Up Floppy Seek: [Enabled]

Any help would again be appreciated...
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That would be because you have the Hard Disc set as the first boot device :p Change 'First Bootable:' --> Floppy. Remember to change back to Hard Disk when you have finished doing what-ever you are doing with the floppy!
 
i suspected as much but i thought 'Boot Up Floppy Seek' would be for the purpose of booting from floppy if a diskette was present :rolleyes: Thanks anyway.
 
joeyjojo said:
Great, a thread about the ftool for me to hijack :)

I've got a pair of 7k80 sata drives but I never enabled sataII. So, I downloaded the iso for the feature tool version 2.00, burnt it, but when booting from it I get "Unhandled Exception" and a load of error numbers. Seems to be an error with rtm.exe, which is apparently a memory managment program (according to a quick google). Any ideas?
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Probably corrupt download. Burn a new CD.
 
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