At 10:07 AM -0800 12/6/2009, Demetrius wrote:
>thanks for the feedback folks, i've left the drives spinning and that
>seems to have solved the problem. but should i be worried that running
>the drives will significantly shorten their life span?!
Repeated spin up/down cycles are far far far harder
thanks for the feedback folks, i've left the drives spinning and that
seems to have solved the problem. but should i be worried that running
the drives will significantly shorten their life span?!
thanks again, it's so great to have knowledgeable people sharing the
wealth ;-)
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Demetrius wrote:
> every so often, maybe once or twice an hour, there is this pause, i
> hear a hard drive not sure which one spinning up (or down?), sometimes
> i get the spinning circle, and it last from 5-10 seconds. very
> annoying. never, or rarely happens on my old G3 powerbook, or my G5 at
>
Hmmm... I have a similar machine, DP1GHZ also with 4 hard drives and 2
optical drives. I don't let the hard drives sleep. I've never had an issue,
but if i were you i'de check with the disk utility right away and verify
each drive to see if leopard sees a problem, it could be a hd failing...
-Jona
every so often, maybe once or twice an hour, there is this pause, i
hear a hard drive not sure which one spinning up (or down?), sometimes
i get the spinning circle, and it last from 5-10 seconds. very
annoying. never, or rarely happens on my old G3 powerbook, or my G5 at
work...
it seems that per
