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| System Name | Awesomesauce 4.3 | Laptop (MSI GE72VR 6RF Apache Pro-023) |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i7-5820K 4.16GHz 1.28v/3GHz 1.05v uncore | Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 3.1GHz |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-X99-UD5 WiFi LGA2011-v3| Stock |
| Cooling | Corsair H100i v2 w/ 2x EK Vardar F4-120ER + various 120/140mm case fans | Stock |
| Memory | G.Skill RJ-4 16GB DDR4-2666 CL15 quad channel | 12GB DDR4-2133 |
| Video Card(s) | EVGA GTX 1080 Ti Hybrid SC2 11GB @ 2012/5151 boost | NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB +200/+500 + Intel 530 |
| Storage | Samsung 840 EVO 500GB + Seagate 3TB 7200RPM + others | Kingston 256GB M.2 SATA + 1TB 7200RPM |
| Display(s) | Acer G257HU 1440p 60Hz AH-IPS 4ms | 17.3" 1920*1080 60Hz wide angle TN notebook panel |
| Case | Fractal Design Define XL R2 | MSI |
| Audio Device(s) | Creative Sound Blaster Z | Realtek with quad stereo speakers and subwoofer |
| Power Supply | Corsair HX850i Platinum | 19.5v 180w Delta brick |
| Software | Windows 10 Pro x64 | Windows 10 Home x64 |
Hello all,
I recently bought a cheap Rosewill eSATA/USB enclosure for my 1TB Samsung F1 hard drive. It works great and all, but is there any way to make the HDD stay on all the time instead of turning on/off randomly and annoying me? Basically, what happens is:
1) I'll be using my laptop. Usually installing a program onto my main internal HDD or even just using the computer. Sometimes, I'm not even using the laptop and the drive randomly turns on.
2) *BWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP* *several clicks* (Samsung HDD owners should recognize this).
3) Drive stays on for as little as 20 seconds, and shuts off when Windows feels like it's done, even though it had no reason to turn on the drive in the first place. Not to mention the 15 seconds it wasted spinning up the drive.
Granted, the power savings is probably nice and all, but I think turning on/off all the time is worse, and it is annoying to listen to the damn thing turn on as well as waiting for whatever I'm working on to progress because it's waiting 15 seconds for the drive to turn on before doing anything.
Any suggestions? OS is Windows 7 x64 on the Toshiba A665D in my system specs.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that I use the eSATA part of my enclosure. My USB-only WD MyBook exhibits the same symptoms.
I recently bought a cheap Rosewill eSATA/USB enclosure for my 1TB Samsung F1 hard drive. It works great and all, but is there any way to make the HDD stay on all the time instead of turning on/off randomly and annoying me? Basically, what happens is:
1) I'll be using my laptop. Usually installing a program onto my main internal HDD or even just using the computer. Sometimes, I'm not even using the laptop and the drive randomly turns on.
2) *BWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP* *several clicks* (Samsung HDD owners should recognize this).
3) Drive stays on for as little as 20 seconds, and shuts off when Windows feels like it's done, even though it had no reason to turn on the drive in the first place. Not to mention the 15 seconds it wasted spinning up the drive.
Granted, the power savings is probably nice and all, but I think turning on/off all the time is worse, and it is annoying to listen to the damn thing turn on as well as waiting for whatever I'm working on to progress because it's waiting 15 seconds for the drive to turn on before doing anything.
Any suggestions? OS is Windows 7 x64 on the Toshiba A665D in my system specs.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that I use the eSATA part of my enclosure. My USB-only WD MyBook exhibits the same symptoms.
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). I think the eSATA port is controlled by my laptop's SB850 southbridge.