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Copyright
03-15-2009, 10:52 PM
Just did a fresh install with a new board. Sig below for build list. Now I have an issue with only one of my drives (640gb WD). The drive seems to take a second to wake up when I go to access it. I've even opened it and only saw 4 of my folders then a few seconds later hte rest pop up. I've benched the drive and it benches just fine. This drive ran fine in my other machine. Talked to a friend who has a similar problem where this same drive will kinda hesitate when accessing it. Anyone else run into this?
Nenu
03-15-2009, 11:18 PM
Turn power saving off for the drive if you dont like the delay.
Copyright
03-16-2009, 08:30 AM
Well windows is setup to put the drives to sleep after 20 min according to the power configuration but thats the only drive I am having issues with. The other two don't do this.
Nenu
03-16-2009, 10:22 AM
How are you observing this.
Are all the drives powered down when you try to access them?
Or are some powered down and others not?

ie if the Windows drive/partitions are busy enough, it may never/rarely power down.
Copyright
03-16-2009, 10:24 AM
Whats odd is it just stopped doing it. Ive rebooted and played with it all morning and I can't duplicate the issue. Weird.. I haven't changed anything.
Nenu
03-16-2009, 10:34 AM
Maybe not giving the drives time enough to power down?
Copyright
03-16-2009, 11:00 AM
Maybe not giving the drives time enough to power down?

I left it over night. I found the 20min power down for the drives. Is this usually setup like this by default?
Nenu
03-16-2009, 11:02 AM
I think it is default.
However, if the drives arent powered down, then they are not powered down.
You need to know this, I cant tell you.
Cant put it any simpler, if you want to know the root cause of this, you need to track it down.
Copyright
03-16-2009, 11:29 AM
I think it is default.
However, if the drives arent powered down, then they are not powered down.
You need to know this, I cant tell you.
Cant put it any simpler, if you want to know the root cause of this, you need to track it down.

I agree.. problem is the issue is gone today for some reason. I know I used a SATA cable I had in a drawer for that drive and I wonder if thats an issue. I will try swapping the cable and trying different ports like the Gsata instead of the intel and see if it changes. Will wait and see if the issue returns.