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Re:Multiple Western Digital 5400RPM drives are actually 7200... by hn_acc_2 on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @01:14PM (#24355349)
No, the drive motor rpm is not controlled by OS drivers but by the drive controller. You'd have to write custom firmware and flash it onto the drive controller (inside the HDD) to change the rpm
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