Hard drive spin down question

pfflampfflam
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I keep working on things that demand consistent performance . . . video and audio that gets interupted when teh hard drive spins down or spins back up.



Is there a way to set soemthing that will keep the hard drive active as laong as I need it to be?



It is a very annoying situation because often I am outputting video or sound that takes a long time of uniterrupted smooth operation and invariably the HD will spin down and cause a droped frame or something . . . .

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 3
    dmband0026dmband0026 Posts: 2,345member
    Make sure that "Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible." is unchecked in your energy saver preferences pane. Other than that, I'm not sure.
  • Reply 2 of 3
    russsrusss Posts: 115member
    The hard drive should never spin down when it's in use. It's only supposed to spin down after so many minutes of non-use. Sounds like you may have other problems.
  • Reply 3 of 3
    dmband0026dmband0026 Posts: 2,345member
    Eeek...I didn't think of that.



    Try checking your HDDs SMART status. Go into Terminal and type:



    Code:


    diskutil info disk0







    If the line that says SMART Status: says anything but "Verified" than you do have problems.
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