BRBOYER%MTUS5.BITNET (Bradley R. Boyer) (02/19/91)
SCSI Saver used to work for me quite well. I used it when I was
downloading files over night. I could sleep while the computer was
downloading and then it would power down the drive until I turned the power
off in the morning.
The program no longer works on my MacSE/030 because of a new feature in the
system document. The system periodically spins the drive as to keep the
grease from drying out during normal operation. This was included due to a
common harddrive mechanical problem. Anyways, I am not sure if there is a new
version of SCSI Saver that deactivates this automatic feature. As it stands
right now, the system will spin the drive (and move the R/W arm) so that no
parts wear out too quickly.
Does anybody now if there is another alternative other than SCSI Saver?
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------ Posted using NetFeed, THE Macintosh <====> UseNet Interface Program ----rosen@cs.utexas.edu (Eric Carl Rosen) (02/19/91)
I tried SCSI Saver today with my Macintosh II, equipped with a single internal 40 MB Apple (Quantum) hard-drive. SCSI Saver succesfully spun down the drive after the specified time of idle disk spinning, but was unable to reawaken the drive when I needed it. Folders would not open. Applications would not launch. Every imaginable disk access failed. Restarting did not solve the problem. Eventually, the disk-with-a-question-mark icon came up. I was forced to power-cycle the machine to get things back to normal. With my fingers crossed, I tried this three times with various combinations of applications running doing various things. I was not surprised to see the same things happen each time. Anybody know what differences exist among Apple's standard hard-disks? I saw an earlier posting where somebody with similar hardware was using SCSI Saver with no problems. --Eric