I have a ASUS P8Z77-V Premium motherboard. The SATA connector Marvel reports the drive un-plugged and the when I plug it in again it recognises the drive, at this point Storage spaces re-connects to the physical drive and makes the affected storage spaces available again. If I take the cover of the computer un-plug and re-plug the drive in (whilst powered) it recognises the drive, however I know the drive is connected as it is recognised by the Marvel storage Manager as it is connected via a marvel PCie 9230. Note that this is extremely unlikely to have an effect, and I'd only try it out if I were desperate to get the thing to spin down for some reason and had tried every other conceivable option and wanted to make sure I'd tried everything imaginable.Every time I re-start my computer Storage Spaces refuses to reconnect to one of the drives. Same goes if the TC's firmware has a list of "supported" drives and refuses to spin down any not on the list.Īnother (less likely) possibility is that the jumper might have to be switched on the drive (from 1.5GB/s to 3.0Gb/s or vice-versa). The other strong possibility of course is that the original drives have special firmware of some sort, in which case there probably isn't much that can be done. I searched around a bit and came across this:ĭ/thread.jspa?threadID=1428100 (edit:link dead)įrom that thread (which is a couple years old now), you might want to try renaming the TC (try a shorter name), or unplugging any external USB hard drive connected to the TC. I haven't actually checked to see if mine's spinning down (the idle numbers above were simply not long after startup when it wasn't actively writing, so it may have been spinning). Matt Gadient on Januclick here to reply Tobias/Santi: I didn’t test the power consumption before the upgrade, but I’d imagine it would be very similar. Power Factor’s awful (0.54 IIRC), although that probably won’t matter for most people.
#Western digital wd10eads power connection free
If anyone’s got the G4 version (late 2009 and most recent version as of this post – same model number listed above) and has pulled the original HD feel free to comment below. I’d assume that the US version would use the same hard drive, but I’m not positive.MC343LL/A is the model number of the US version of the TC.MC343AM/A is the model number of my TC (Canadian Version).It looks like it should be even better in terms of power consumption vs and vs but those are just the rated currents on the sticker – I have no idea if this really translates into better power savings in real world usage. The replacement drive was the Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS 1.5TB. If you’re looking to pull off an upgrade, you can find detailed instructions all over the web, although I’d probably start at either of the following sites: Again, this is at idle.Īs I mentioned earlier, I did replace the drive with a 1.5TB WD Green I had kicking around. Obviously the cool temperature kept the fan from turning into a miniature jet engine.
I wondered if there was even a fan in there because I couldn’t hear it or feel airflow. If you felt the Capsule, you could definitely feel where the hard drive was (it was the sole “hotspot”), but even that spot was cooler than my other router. The Time Capsule was cooler than my other (DLink wireless) router.Note that I didn’t read/write to the drive, so this is based on idle-levels. You honestly couldn’t tell there was a drive in there based on the noise level unless you put your ear right up against the thing. The Time Capsule was incredibly quiet.However, I observed the following in those few days: I only had the drive in for a few days before replacing it with the larger 1.5TB drive I had kicking around. Anandtech compared the WD to other drives ( ), and showed that the WD Green is both quieter and cooler than the DeskStar. Unsurprisingly, lower power consumption and lower noise come as part of the package. Power consumption’s important, because the Time Capsule is on all the time.
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