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| Thread ID: 33048 | 2003-05-05 11:39:00 | Turning off HDD's | Chilling_Silently (228) | Press F1 |
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| 141623 | 2003-05-05 11:39:00 | I was just curious about this: I leave my system going at night, playing MP3's, sometimes downloading files like the latest detonators or SB!Live drivers (Both 20 Megs :(). I have it set to turn off my HDD after about 15 mins of inactivity, with my monitor going off after 5. Now, Im playing music most of the night long from it - what's happening to the HDD though? Does it load all the MP3's into RAM or something? Does it turn on, load a little information, then turn off again? Im using the latest WinAmp to play the files, just in case it helps. But really - is it bad for it, seeing as the drive is in use? Or is it simply clever enough to turn off the Secondary HDD and the DVD-ROM and leave my primary one going.. All the music is on its own partition, but Im pretty sure it cant turn off half the HDD ;-) So what's really happening to it? Cheers Chilling_Silence |
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| 141624 | 2003-05-05 11:53:00 | if you are playing music all night long i doubt that the hardrive will ever turn off as it will be accessing the drive everytime it plays a new song. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 141625 | 2003-05-05 11:55:00 | > So what's really happening to it? Its not turning off, at a guess. Your PC will be unlikely to auto run a 15 minute RAM buffer (though a Ram drive could help) so there is activity on that HDD. Any other separate HDD may turn off though. (My backup ones do) Is it bad for them? probably not. You will upgrade before you wear them out. Do what I do. Put all drives in withdrawable trays. Then you can take the drive out. That will stop it wearing out. ;) |
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