Stop spinning down internal disk
My laptop has a WDC WD10JPCX-24UE4T0. It spins down after 5 seconds of idle. That is pretty annoying.
How can I change the spindown time?
I have tried:
/usr/bin/gnome-disks
hdparm -S 200 /dev/sda
hd-idle -i 100 -a sda
The disk just laughs at these and spins down after 5 seconds still.
hard-disk power-management
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My laptop has a WDC WD10JPCX-24UE4T0. It spins down after 5 seconds of idle. That is pretty annoying.
How can I change the spindown time?
I have tried:
/usr/bin/gnome-disks
hdparm -S 200 /dev/sda
hd-idle -i 100 -a sda
The disk just laughs at these and spins down after 5 seconds still.
hard-disk power-management
asked 12 mins ago
Ole TangeOle Tange
12.3k1452105
Not only annoying! It will make the drive dead in a matter of months probably.
– Vlastimil
6 mins ago
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My laptop has a WDC WD10JPCX-24UE4T0. It spins down after 5 seconds of idle. That is pretty annoying.
How can I change the spindown time?
I have tried:
/usr/bin/gnome-disks
hdparm -S 200 /dev/sda
hd-idle -i 100 -a sda
The disk just laughs at these and spins down after 5 seconds still.
hard-disk power-management
asked 12 mins ago
Ole TangeOle Tange
12.3k1452105
My laptop has a WDC WD10JPCX-24UE4T0. It spins down after 5 seconds of idle. That is pretty annoying.
How can I change the spindown time?
I have tried:
/usr/bin/gnome-disks
hdparm -S 200 /dev/sda
hd-idle -i 100 -a sda
The disk just laughs at these and spins down after 5 seconds still.
hard-disk power-management
hard-disk power-management
asked 12 mins ago
Ole TangeOle Tange
12.3k1452105
asked 12 mins ago
Ole TangeOle Tange
12.3k1452105
asked 12 mins ago
Ole TangeOle Tange
12.3k1452105
asked 12 mins ago
Ole TangeOle Tange
12.3k1452105
asked 12 mins ago
Ole TangeOle Tange
12.3k1452105
12.3k1452105
Not only annoying! It will make the drive dead in a matter of months probably.
– Vlastimil
6 mins ago
add a comment |
Not only annoying! It will make the drive dead in a matter of months probably.
– Vlastimil
6 mins ago
Not only annoying! It will make the drive dead in a matter of months probably.
– Vlastimil
6 mins ago
Not only annoying! It will make the drive dead in a matter of months probably.
– Vlastimil
6 mins ago
add a comment |
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So far I have found out you need to change APM level to allow suspending disks by setting:
hdparm -B 127 /dev/sdX
Where 127 is actually the maximum value allowing suspending drives (spindown).
And then you can change the suspend value with:
hdparm -S 241 /dev/sdX
From the man page:
Values from 241 to 251 specify from 1 to 11 units of 30 minutes, yielding timeouts from 30 minutes to 5.5 hours.
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So far I have found out you need to change APM level to allow suspending disks by setting:
hdparm -B 127 /dev/sdX
Where 127 is actually the maximum value allowing suspending drives (spindown).
And then you can change the suspend value with:
hdparm -S 241 /dev/sdX
From the man page:
Values from 241 to 251 specify from 1 to 11 units of 30 minutes, yielding timeouts from 30 minutes to 5.5 hours.
answered 7 secs ago
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So far I have found out you need to change APM level to allow suspending disks by setting:
hdparm -B 127 /dev/sdX
Where 127 is actually the maximum value allowing suspending drives (spindown).
And then you can change the suspend value with:
hdparm -S 241 /dev/sdX
From the man page:
Values from 241 to 251 specify from 1 to 11 units of 30 minutes, yielding timeouts from 30 minutes to 5.5 hours.
answered 7 secs ago
VlastimilVlastimil
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So far I have found out you need to change APM level to allow suspending disks by setting:
hdparm -B 127 /dev/sdX
Where 127 is actually the maximum value allowing suspending drives (spindown).
And then you can change the suspend value with:
hdparm -S 241 /dev/sdX
From the man page:
Values from 241 to 251 specify from 1 to 11 units of 30 minutes, yielding timeouts from 30 minutes to 5.5 hours.
answered 7 secs ago
VlastimilVlastimil
7,9591263136
So far I have found out you need to change APM level to allow suspending disks by setting:
hdparm -B 127 /dev/sdX
Where 127 is actually the maximum value allowing suspending drives (spindown).
And then you can change the suspend value with:
hdparm -S 241 /dev/sdX
From the man page:
Values from 241 to 251 specify from 1 to 11 units of 30 minutes, yielding timeouts from 30 minutes to 5.5 hours.
answered 7 secs ago
VlastimilVlastimil
7,9591263136
answered 7 secs ago
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Not only annoying! It will make the drive dead in a matter of months probably.
– Vlastimil
6 mins ago