WD 500 gig MyBook does not power down with inactivity: Anyone here have any ideas?
772690
I had a similar problem with my 500 and 1000 mb WD drives... I have since elevated them and set them on something like a cookie cooling rack! Yep, now air flows all the way around and beneath (very important) them, keeping them much cooler and they have not yet locked up. Put your hand on top of your dirves to see if they feel very warm... actually not REALLY hot, but a little too warm... you may have the same problem that I had. Thus, I think that it (or at least my problem) is heat related. I do the same kind f thing with my DSL modem and network router... keeps them cool and very reliable. Buck
1813866
It does not shut down after a period of inactivity. I scanned a faulty hard drive for 2 weeks straight and it never shut down. You have to power it down manually.
2007367
I did have a problem with my Diskstation not waking up at one time so I just switched off the sleep function. For me, I'd much rather have the unit awake and available at all times than save a couple dollars in electricity. If you do want this feature then you might want to make sure you have "wake on LAN" enabled and also make sure that your firewall isn't blocking the incoming request to wake the diskstation up.
735451
Are you using the proper power supply. I was cleaning rearranging my desktop, and inadvertently plugged the power supply from my modem into the laCie drive. It had enough power to turn the light on, but not enough to actually run the drive. I HAVE had a couple issues with my drive. The USB port now routinely disconnects for not apparent reason. Makes it difficult to copy large files.
311960
I have used a 4TB WD MyBook successfully. I made the mistake of connecting that 4TB drive to an old Windows computer which mangled it, then even after a reformat, the DVR crashes every time I connect the drive. Somehow only the original factory format could work.The DVR can use a large FAT32 drive but formatting a 2TB+ HD as FAT32 results in 1.6TB capacity.
730632
The enclosure does not have any power management features, just an on-off power switch. If your operating system supports it, it can spin down the drive.
1386249
make sure all your programs that pertain to your workings of the hard drive are closed and nothing is running. sometimes it takes a little while but it works for me. i've unplugged the hard drive without waiting at times and never lost anything. don't recommend it though.
897450
Been using it for some time and haven't had that problem. I have 5 drives, three which are on all the time and two which I switch between between power offs. Have never had a drive fry.
2222795
You got it! Can't turn the @#$% thing off once it is connected. Have to shutdown the computer and then unplug it. I plug it in and do a weekly backup, then shutdown and unplug it. A pain, I'd rather just reboot before my backup then eject the thing.
269440
It is working just fine for mine. I never seen that note.I have WD passport 2gb. Not sure how old, but not the latest one for sure
809905
It seems to power down when powered down. The light goes off and the drives stop spinning. I'm not sure about sleep mode, my computer is either off or being used. Hope that helps.
1006928
I am using MyPCBackup which works fine and I have also used a Toshiba external drive for backup. The backup up and down loads very easily.
1071261
I personally had problems with the unit and disconnected from my system. My two systems are tied together with a 2 port KVM switch. If I remember correctly - one of the disks would go to sleep.
913763
When the camera is connected to a computer, it is recognized on both sides as an external storage device.When the camera is hooked to a (3rd party?) USB charger it is probably doing auto-shut down, etc and no longer recieving a charge-that would be my guess. I think it is possible to turn off the auto shut down/power save feature, it's worth a try
178081
If you are using the power adapter that is supplied with the USB hub the hub then is independently powered and the external drives are more than likely being "tricked" into thinking that there is still an active connection between the drives and the PC, therefore the drives will not turn off with the PC. If you unplug the adapter the external drives should then shut down also. Will the drives being on damage the drives? Not really, because there is no actual activity (reading/writing) taking place when the PC is turned off. Does it use a little electricity? Yes, but it would be minimal. Bottom line, if you are concerned about the drives being left on, unplug the power to the hub and they should shut down. If it means anything, I have a PC that I built with 5 Western Digital Black Series 4tb hard drives in RAID 0 and a 2tb external WD My Book attached that run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and they are fine.
1165604
With only the info you provided, I believe the battery in the laptop dead, very dead. An external power source cannot fix that!
287906
I don't know. I have the laptop plugged in most of the time and only unplug it for travel or meetings. Never really kept track. Sorry I couldn't be of much help.