Download IBM – Hitachi Feature Tool 2.13

Hitachi has released version 2.13 of its Feature Tool. This program can be used to adjust ata settings of certain IBM or Hitachi Travelstar and Deskstar series hard drives. Downloads are available as a bootable floppy or CD image and are around 2MB in size. Below are the changes made in this release:

Features in Version 2.13

• Removed the function of acoustic management.

Changes ATA Drive Settings

• Enable or disable the read-ahead or write cache.
• Change the predefined capacity of the drive.
  • Used when BIOS limitation exists and the drive is not recognized.
• Switch the Ultra DMA mode.
• Change advanced power mode.
  • Switch between lowest and highest power consumption (maximum performance level).
• Configure SATA interface.
  • Adjust maximum speed and enable/disable spread spectrum clocking.

  Warning! Switching your drive to support 3.0Gb/s, or enabling spread spectrum clocking and then using it, may render your drive unusable in a system that cannot support these functions. If in doubt, please contact your system manufacturer.

Shows Drive Temperature

• Displays temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit.