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| System Name | Main PC |
|---|---|
| Processor | 13700k |
| Motherboard | Asrock Z690 Steel Legend D4 - Bios 13.02 |
| Cooling | Noctua NH-D15S |
| Memory | 32 Gig 3200CL14 |
| Video Card(s) | 3080 RTX FE 10G |
| Storage | 1TB 980 PRO (OS, games), 2TB SN850X (games), 2TB DC P4600 (work), 2x 3TB WD Red, 2x 4TB WD Red |
| Display(s) | LG 27GL850 |
| Case | Fractal Define R4 |
| Audio Device(s) | Asus Xonar D2X |
| Power Supply | Antec HCG 750 Gold |
| Software | Windows 10 21H2 LTSC |
As far as I am aware many modern HDDs no longer recognise the APM protocol. They control their head parking independently usually via their own propriety software that can adjust the behaviour.
I have observed this on both Seagate and Western Digital drives.
My only working spindles that react to APM adjustments are my extremely decades old WD black and WD raptor drives.
In the power schema settings is a drive spindown setting, every HDD I have used in windows honours what that is configured to, and for head parking use wdidle, and for seagate seachest tools.
Personally I dont suggest disabling parking completely, it has its benefits, just to set it to something sane so its not constantly going in and out. I would disable spindown though.
I have observed this on both Seagate and Western Digital drives.
My only working spindles that react to APM adjustments are my extremely decades old WD black and WD raptor drives.
In the power schema settings is a drive spindown setting, every HDD I have used in windows honours what that is configured to, and for head parking use wdidle, and for seagate seachest tools.
Personally I dont suggest disabling parking completely, it has its benefits, just to set it to something sane so its not constantly going in and out. I would disable spindown though.