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#339666 - 22/11/2010 05:10 WD Drive LCC count
pedrohoon enthusiast Registered: 06/08/2002 Posts: 333 Loc: The Pilbara, Western Australia	I have just bought 2 WD laptop drives (WD5000BEVT-00A0RT0) used as system drives and I am seeing the LCC count increase by around 10 per hour. Should I be concerned? If so, can the wdidle3.exe utility be used on 2.5" drives? (I have found both version 1.03 and 1.05). Thanks. _________________________ Peter. "I spent 90% of my money on women, drink and fast cars. The rest I wasted." - George Best
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#339770 - 26/11/2010 10:06 Re: WD Drive LCC count [Re: pedrohoon]
pedrohoon enthusiast Registered: 06/08/2002 Posts: 333 Loc: The Pilbara, Western Australia	Bump. _________________________ Peter. "I spent 90% of my money on women, drink and fast cars. The rest I wasted." - George Best
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#339772 - 26/11/2010 11:58 Re: WD Drive LCC count [Re: pedrohoon]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14491 Loc: Canada	Dunno. I've not had new-enough WD 2.5" drives to notice the issue. But thanks for pointing it out -- someday I'll probably get a new drive, and have to do something about it then, I suppose.
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#339861 - 28/11/2010 10:24 Re: WD Drive LCC count [Re: mlord]
pedrohoon enthusiast Registered: 06/08/2002 Posts: 333 Loc: The Pilbara, Western Australia	Mark, do you think it would be OK to run the wdidle3.exe on a 2.5" drive? I would like to disable the timer completely if possible. BTW, counts are now averaging closer to 20 per hour. Edited by pedrohoon (28/11/2010 10:25) _________________________ Peter. "I spent 90% of my money on women, drink and fast cars. The rest I wasted." - George Best
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#339863 - 28/11/2010 12:16 Re: WD Drive LCC count [Re: pedrohoon]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14491 Loc: Canada	Dunno. Try contacting WD about it --> they might offer to send you a firmware update or a custom wdidle program for it. Cheers
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#339869 - 28/11/2010 15:15 Re: WD Drive LCC count [Re: mlord]
pedrohoon enthusiast Registered: 06/08/2002 Posts: 333 Loc: The Pilbara, Western Australia	Ugh, it appears as if laptop HDDs have aggressive power saving features built in, but wdidle3 may work, or hdparm may be a solution. Other posters there seem to think that a high count is not a problem and the only reason for disabling the parking is noise. Oh well, I may just put up with it for the time being since the noise is not audible to me. _________________________ Peter. "I spent 90% of my money on women, drink and fast cars. The rest I wasted." - George Best
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