Shut off hard disks

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

Under power options there is the option to have the hard disks shut off after
a certain amount of time has elapsed. I haven't been able to get this to
work. I assume that when the hard disks shut off that whiring sound will go
away, or atleast the occasional clicking that i think is it checking the hard
disk. This is on my laptop and there is no difference between when it is
plugged in and when it's not. The screen shuts off at the right time but not
the hard disks, any ideas as to what i can do?
 
Here are some explanations. See if they helps you. Set Hard Disk Turn Off to
3 mins. and other settings to never. Just for a check. After 4 mins. try
clicking on your Start menu to get your computer back working. At the mean
time listen the sound of your hard disk. You will listen that power supply is
inserting the current into hard disk, just as you switch on your PC and here
will be a short delay in opening the Start menu.

Furthermore if that doesn't work, you must check the Power Management
settings from the BIOS setup.

If everything is ok then try installing INF drivers from your motherboard CD.

If the above was useful to you then let us know.
 
This is an on demand kind of setting.

As long as nothing is using the hard drive, it will spin down.
Good analogy: a bottle of coke. You know that the soda will go flat if you
leave it uncapped for too long. But you aren't going to cap it in the middle
of taking a drink right?

So screen savers, antivirus,paging due to low ram, IM software, and whole
slew of other items may be causing the hard drive to continue to be used.
Also Spyware and viruses, and file shareing progs are things to look for.
--
Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master

There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who do understand binary
and those who don't.
 
I used task manager to see what was periodically accessing the cpu and it
seems that one of those things is explorer which i know i can't shut down if
i want to have any sort of functionality out of it. Do you know of any way
around this?
 
'Pivo' wrote, in part:
| Under power options there is the option to have the hard disks shut off
after
| a certain amount of time has elapsed. I haven't been able to get this to
| work.
_____

Is indexing on?
Have you selected 'defrag while idle'?
How much RAM is installed in your laptop?

Phil Weldon

| Under power options there is the option to have the hard disks shut off
after
| a certain amount of time has elapsed. I haven't been able to get this to
| work. I assume that when the hard disks shut off that whiring sound will
go
| away, or atleast the occasional clicking that i think is it checking the
hard
| disk. This is on my laptop and there is no difference between when it is
| plugged in and when it's not. The screen shuts off at the right time but
not
| the hard disks, any ideas as to what i can do?
 
I don't know what indexing is or how to turn it on or off. I don't have it
defragging while idle and there is 768mb of ram.
 
'Pivo' wrote:
| I don't know what indexing is or how to turn it on or off. I don't have it
| defragging while idle and there is 768mb of ram.
_____

Indexing combs through files and folders to build a data base that make
searching for files and file content go faster.
Your RAM size is large enough so that it is not a factor.

There are two way to check if your notebook hard drive has been put on
standby:
#1. After the hard drive should have gone into standby, start a new
program not previously used in that session. Does it take 5 seconds or so
longer to begin than when the drive is definitely NOT in standby?
#2. Hold the notebook in both hands above a desk and tilt it quickly
back and forth. If the drive is spinning you will feel a slight opposing
force at a right angle to the tilt axis.

You should be able to get the hard drives to spin down into standby. But
while trying to sort this problem, one thing to keep in mind is that a
notebook hard drive uses very little power when spinning, but idle;
especially when compared to the display screen and CPU.

By the way, the tik... tik... tik... you hear is the R/W head moving from
one track to another on the hard drive - meaning that something is actively
using it.

Phil Weldon

|I don't know what indexing is or how to turn it on or off. I don't have it
| defragging while idle and there is 768mb of ram.
|
| "Phil Weldon" wrote:
|
| > 'Pivo' wrote, in part:
| > | Under power options there is the option to have the hard disks shut
off
| > after
| > | a certain amount of time has elapsed. I haven't been able to get this
to
| > | work.
| > _____
| >
| > Is indexing on?
| > Have you selected 'defrag while idle'?
| > How much RAM is installed in your laptop?
| >
| > Phil Weldon
| >
| > | > | Under power options there is the option to have the hard disks shut
off
| > after
| > | a certain amount of time has elapsed. I haven't been able to get this
to
| > | work. I assume that when the hard disks shut off that whiring sound
will
| > go
| > | away, or atleast the occasional clicking that i think is it checking
the
| > hard
| > | disk. This is on my laptop and there is no difference between when it
is
| > | plugged in and when it's not. The screen shuts off at the right time
but
| > not
| > | the hard disks, any ideas as to what i can do?
| >
| >
| >
 
Back
Top