[kimakika]

I have mini itx case, inside asus at3iont-i mb and two hdd-s (c:wd green 1tb, d:wd green 2tb)

i have some random buffering and i think my problem is the following:

I set the d drive to turn of when idle after 15 minutes, and it turns of, but it also wakes up with no reason (i watch movie that is on c drive and when d drive spins up my video is buffering, same happens when hdd is spinning down)

I can understand why it is buffering but i cant understand why the d drive is waking up on its own, i tried everything i can think of (power mangement, hdd setup policies, turning of some processes) and it keeps happening

Maybe buffering has nothing to do with d drive, i dont know, i just want buffering gone, really could use some help because it is driving me crazy

[bsmith1051]

I think I'm having the same problem. No idea how to fix it. And the really weird thing is that I did not have this problem for the first year I had the setup. Something changed about 4(?) months ago but I didn't immediately realize what was happening (drive buffering) so I didn't take note of what sw or hw changes I'd made recently.

Workaround might be to set the sleep delay to 2 or 4 hours, if you can?

[kimakika]

2-4 hours is too much, because of a small itx case, it gets preety warm inside,but even if i do that i have random d drive wake-up and buffering, only it would be less often

[bsmith1051]

1. if your system can't tolerate the continuous 10W of heat generated by the hard-drive then it's not ventilated enough. Also, don't forget that heat is 'relative' for computers, i.e., 100 or 110 F is probably perfectly acceptable. And Google did a big study which showed that dedicated cooling had no effect on the reliability of their millions of hard-drives, i.e., you don't need to worry about their temperature.

2. the point of my suggestion was to keep your d-drive 'running' (to avoid triggering buffering on the other drive) for the entire duration of any show or movie you might watch.

[kimakika]

yes you are wright, it is non ventilated enough, because the case it is to small, but if i put another vent and run both disks all the time i will get heat down but noise will be up, and that is the thing that i am trying to avoid
the thing with d drive sleep is working for me, i have everything i want, no noise, heat is ok, everything works like a charm, except for the buffering

[Amokay]

Hey there,

i think i get the same problem, my system is:
windows 7 x64
i7 860
8GB RAM
Max. Temp: 30°-40°C

and often i look a movie, the buffer runes out and for 2 minutes all stops. I havent any idea to fix it. Maybe some one can help me.

GreeetZ
Amokay