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HDD Enclosure

Pauly26 · 2010-06-03 19:43:12

Folks, Anyone got one of these? question i have is, does the HD go asleep after 5 -10mins of not being used or will it keep spinning, just i have another PATA/SATA to USB converter and the drive just keeps spinning even after 15 - 20 mins of not even being connected. Thanks Paul

03-06-2010 7:43pm

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Pauly26

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Folks,

Anyone got one of these? question i have is, does the HD go asleep after 5 -10mins of not being used or will it keep spinning, just i have another PATA/SATA to USB converter and the drive just keeps spinning even after 15 - 20 mins of not even being connected.

Thanks
Paul

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#2 04-06-2010 11:31pm

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Because it's through a usb interface it will not power down during inactive periods. You would want something like a NAS box with this feature enabled or through Esata, although I'm not sure if the latter does work.

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#3 04-06-2010 11:44pm

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Had one, it broke, but my memory was that it did stop. That said 2.5s are generally quite quiet so it may not have.

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