PC locks for few seconds, then HDD spins up.

Swamp Monster · Aug 7, 2011, 06:32 PM

I have recently purchased a second HDD. It's WD Caviar Black 1TB. I use it as my system drive and my old WD RE2 500GB serves as backup drive now.

Problem is that occasionally my PC locks up. For example music player stops playing, and then i can hear HDD spinning up, after few seconds all starts working again.

Is that some kind of power saving feature? If it's a second HDD, then I can understand that, because nothing is using it and it could start spinning only when anti virus software is accessing files on it.

*Power options are set to Maximum Performance
*I don't know which HDD is doing that

*All my drives and partitions are always listed in My Computer.
*WD software shows that both drives are in perfect condition.

erocker · Aug 7, 2011, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swamp Monster

*Power options are set to Maximum Performance

Did you go into "Advanced" and make sure that it's not turning off the HDD? Even on "Maximum Performance" the HDD's are set to turn off after 20 minutes.

Widjaja · Aug 7, 2011, 06:40 PM

Would be very strange if your new HDD is parking when it is active.
I know the new WD 1TB Blacks have WDIDLE3 implemented into them.

When the PC locks up, does the HDD light stay on and continue to stay on afterwards?

Swamp Monster · Aug 7, 2011, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erocker

Did you go into "Advanced" and make sure that it's not turning off the HDD? Even on "Maximum Performance" the HDD's are set to turn off after 20 minutes.

No, I will do that now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Widjaja

When the PC locks up, does the HDD light stay on and continue to stay on afterwards?

I didn't notice , because it all happens pretty fast, and it is hard to catch this lockup if music isn't playing. I will try to look next time. It would be much easier if PC cases had at least 2 HDD LED's.

Swamp Monster · Aug 7, 2011, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erocker

Did you go into "Advanced" and make sure that it's not turning off the HDD? Even on "Maximum Performance" the HDD's are set to turn off after 20 minutes.

It is set to 20 minutes, I guess this is the problem. I'll change that and see what happens, thanks for help.

Aug 7, 2011, 06:32 PM	#1
Swamp Monster Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Latvia Posts: 543 (0.56/day) Thanks: 127 Thanked 83 Times in 75 Posts System Specs	PC locks for few seconds, then HDD spins up. I have recently purchased a second HDD. It's WD Caviar Black 1TB. I use it as my system drive and my old WD RE2 500GB serves as backup drive now. Problem is that occasionally my PC locks up. For example music player stops playing, and then i can hear HDD spinning up, after few seconds all starts working again. Is that some kind of power saving feature? If it's a second HDD, then I can understand that, because nothing is using it and it could start spinning only when anti virus software is accessing files on it. Power options are set to Maximum Performance I don't know which HDD is doing that All my drives and partitions are always listed in My Computer. WD software shows that both drives are in perfect condition.

System Name:	Spyder
Processor:	Phenom 2 x4 940 BE
Motherboard:	Asus M3A79-T Deluxe
Cooling:	CM Hyper 612S
Memory:	2x2 GB Patriot Viper 1066MHz [5-5-5-15] DDR2
Video Card:	Sapphire HD 4870 512MB
Hard Disk:	WD Black 1TB + WD Caviar RE 500GB
Optical Drive:	Pioneer DVD-RW Sata
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer F-22
Case:	GigaByte GZ-X5
Sound Card:	X-Fi Platinum+custom made DAC+Sennheiser HD280 Pro
PSU:	Thermaltake Toughpower 850w Modular +FSP EP-1000 UPS
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Processor:	Intel i7 3770K @ 4.6ghz 1.256v
Motherboard:	Asus Maximus V Formula
Cooling:	Water
Memory:	2x4gb Patriot Viper 2133mhz 10-11-10-25 2T 1.55v
Video Card:	Sapphire HD 7970 1125/1575 1.14v
Hard Disk:	Crucial M4 128Gb / Corsair Force 3 120Gb / Samsung 240Gb / 2Tb Seagate
Optical Drive:	None
CRT/LCD Model:	Acheiva Shimian 27" IPS 2560x1440
Case:	Corsair 500R White
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	NZXT Hale90 1Kw
Software:	Windows 8 x64

System Name:	Darth Obsidious
Processor:	Intel i5 2500K
Motherboard:	ASUS P8Z68-V/Gen3
Cooling:	Cooler Master Hyper 212+ in Push Pull
Memory:	2X4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600
Video Card:	ASUS HD7870 Direct CU II
Hard Disk:	128GB Samsung 830 SSD, 1TB WD Black, 2TB WD Green
Optical Drive:	ASUS BC-12B1ST 12X Blu-ray Combo
CRT/LCD Model:	LG IPS234V-PN
Case:	Corsair Obsidian 650D
Sound Card:	Infrasonic Quartet
PSU:	Corsair HX650w
Software:	Windows 7 64bit and Windows XP Home
Benchmarks:	2cm mark on bench with a razor blade.

System Name:	Spyder
Processor:	Phenom 2 x4 940 BE
Motherboard:	Asus M3A79-T Deluxe
Cooling:	CM Hyper 612S
Memory:	2x2 GB Patriot Viper 1066MHz [5-5-5-15] DDR2
Video Card:	Sapphire HD 4870 512MB
Hard Disk:	WD Black 1TB + WD Caviar RE 500GB
Optical Drive:	Pioneer DVD-RW Sata
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer F-22
Case:	GigaByte GZ-X5
Sound Card:	X-Fi Platinum+custom made DAC+Sennheiser HD280 Pro
PSU:	Thermaltake Toughpower 850w Modular +FSP EP-1000 UPS
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

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