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From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>
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Subject: Re: SATA HD power management disabling
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O. Hartmann wrote:

> Hello.
> Using atacontrol cap <channel> <device>
> shows me on both devices
>
> power management               yes      yes
> advanced power management      yes      no
> automatic acoustic management  yes      yes
>

You can try the Feature Tool here: 
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm  You need to create a 
bootable floppy.  It's the only way I've  found to control AAM (which I 
want ON, but if you like grinding seek chatter, who am I to argue :-)).  
It does APM as well.

If you find any other ways, I'd love to know.

--Alex